editorial

The Korean people are making all-out efforts to successfully conclude the five-year plan.

At the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea held in January 2021, the WPK set forth scientific strategic and tactical policies for making a step forward in the course of comprehensive development of socialist construction and powerfully aroused all people to their implementation.

Though they were faced with manifold trials such as the hostile forces’ ever-increasing anti-DPRK moves, severe natural disasters and the unprecedented epidemic crisis, the Korean people have achieved valuable successes in the struggle for carrying out the tasks set at the Party Congress under the wise leadership of the Party.

The projects for readjustment and reinforcement set forth by the Party Congress have been pushed forward perseveringly, intensifying the trend of developing the overall economy of the country in a balanced and simultaneous way and bringing about fresh miracles on all fronts of socialist construction.

Modern apartment houses exemplifying the Korean-style charms and features were built in the Songsin and Songhwa area and the Hwasong area in Pyongyang, heralding an era of socialist civilization and enlightenment. And the inauguration and groundbreaking ceremonies for regional-industry factories were held one after another to offer a glimpse of the new era of regional rejuvenation and rural development, while civilized rural towns and ideal socialist villages mushroomed in different parts of the country.

In particular, the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area was built magnificently and the Pyongyang General Hospital opened to strengthen the faith of the Korean people that the day will surely come when all their dreams and ideals are translated into reality along with the socialist civilization.

Though the gigantic tasks set by the Eighth Congress of the Party are entering the final stage of implementation while valuable victories and successes are being expanded, the Korean people are yet to promote and accomplish many tasks as they are going through the last quarter of the last year of the five-year plan.

They are making continuous advance and continuous innovations to achieve a victorious conclusion of the five-year plan in all fields and sectors of socialist construction.

The key industries and major economic sectors, including the metal, chemical, electric power and machine-building industries, are striving to complete this year’s national economic plans.

As the projects for creating large-capacity production bases with a high level of modernization are progressing apace, the first-stage construction of the Tanchon Power Station and the renovation and modernization of the Ryongsong Machine Complex are nearing completion. A large-scale greenhouse farm took form on the banks of the Amnok River in the northwestern part of the country, which underwent a sea change, thanks to the vigorous creative struggle of soldier-builders and young people.

A huge project for building 50 000 flats in the capital city during the five-year plan has been dynamically pushed forward. As the final step of the project, the fourth-stage construction of 10 000 flats in the Hwasong area is progressing at the final stage. The construction of hundreds of flats in the Komdok area and tens of thousands of rural houses in different parts of the country is to be completed within this year.

While regional-industry factories are being built in 20 cities and counties in a more advanced way than the previous year with the expanded introduction of the regional development policy of the new era, another demanding task of building health facilities and leisure complexes essential for radically improving the living conditions of regional people is nearing completion at the experimental stage.

An increasing number of units are accomplishing their five-year plans in various sectors of the national economy.

It is the unanimous will of the Korean people to accelerate the comprehensive development of socialism in line with the Party’s plan and intention by making more courageous, effective and intensive efforts as the final line of victory approaches, and thus demonstrate the dignity and might of the state.