Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) –
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a policy speech at the
Seventh Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea on September 8.
Following is the full text of the policy speech:
Dear comrade Deputies,
Esteemed Chairman of the Standing Committee and Deputy Speaker
of the Supreme People's Assembly,
Dear observers,
This
Seventh Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly, convened in the lead-up
to this anniversary of the founding of our glorious country, has provided legal
weapons which are of great significance in implementing the major policies of
the Party and the government.
In
particular, the adoption of a law related with the policy of the nation's
nuclear forces in accordance with the unanimous will of all the Korean people
is a noteworthy event that proclaimed at home and abroad that we have come to
possess by law a war deterrent as a means for defending the state.
Thus
achieved is another important historic cause of establishing a political and
institutional mechanism for definitely guaranteeing the eternal security of our
state and people as well as the distant future.
Recognizing
that the policy of the nuclear forces was instituted as a law in a historic
period, very important in view of the current situation of our revolution, the
trend of developments and the mission of the nuclear forces of our Republic, I
feel grateful that all the Deputies adopted with unanimous approval the most
important law at a most important moment.
I
also extend warm encouragement and greetings to Deputies who, as
representatives of the people, are devoting all their efforts, wisdom and
passion for consolidating the state power rock-solid and accomplishing the
struggle objectives advanced at the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of
Korea.
Comrades,
The
higher the stage of socialist construction for achieving the independence of
the masses reaches, the greater the challenge and resistance by the
imperialists become.
As
long as imperialism, whose inherent nature and means of existence is aggression
and plunder, exists, the source of war cannot be rooted out, and antagonism and
struggle between socialism, which aspires after independence and peace, and
imperialism is unavoidable in the development of history.
Therefore,
it is a crucial and vital requirement in achieving a steady development and
prosperity of socialism that conditions and an environment that allow no
aggressive threat be created; to this end, we should possess an absolute
strength with which we can definitely overwhelm the enemy.
Our
Republic, as a citadel of the anti-imperialist struggle and a fortress of
socialism, resolutely promoted the construction of a self-reliant national
defence capability according to its own timetable in the face of intervention
and pressures by the hostile forces of all hues. By doing so, it put an end to
the era when the US imperialists unilaterally imposed nuclear threat.
And
today it has accomplished the historic cause of making a permanent legal
confirmation of the law of the policy of the nuclear forces.
This
is a clearer demonstration of the independent determination of the government
of the Republic and its will to defend the sovereignty and interests of the
state.
Our
nuclear weapons are a means for containment and ultimate weapon that our
Republic, which from the early days of its birth had been under the nuclear
threat by the United States, the first country to use nuclear weapons and the
largest nuclear power in the world, possessed by waging an arduous and bloody
struggle for scores of years so as to reliably defend its dignity and security
and completely remove the danger of a nuclear war.
With
an absurd sophistry that our nuclear weapons and our strengthening of the
self-defence capability pose a serious threat to global peace and the security
in the region, the United States is now obsessed with spreading a rumour in the
international arena aimed at demonizing the government of our Republic; it is
also tenaciously resorting to the harshest-ever sanctions and blockade and political
and military offensive to bring us under its control psychologically and
physically even by enlisting all its vassal forces.
What
the United States tries to achieve is not merely to remove our nuclear weapons;
its final objective is to overthrow our government someday by inducing us to
abandon the nuclear weapons and further give up our capability of exercising
the right to self-defence or by making the capability inferior to its own.
Through
unheard-of sanctions and blockade, it is attempting to make us think about the
cost of our option for the nuclear weapons and induce and incite complaint
among our people about their Party and government by creating a harsh
environment for us and by making us feel worn out and uncertain and threatened
with regard to the environment for a stable development of our state; in this
way they are trying to lead us but to give up the nuclear weapons of our own
accord.
But
never.
It
is the enemy's misjudgments and miscalculation.
Let
them impose sanctions for 100, nay 1 000 days or even ten or 100 years.
It
is not we that would give up the right to self-defence, on which the country's
right to existence and the security of the future of the state and the people
depend, so as to escape or make a detour even a moment around the difficulties
we are experiencing now; we can never give up the nuclear weapons however harsh
the circumstances are in the political and military situations the United
States has created on the Korean peninsula and moreover as we have to contain
the United States, our nuclear enemy state, in a far-sighted way.
Our
people are well aware of the many historical events in the 20th century and
21st century, in which some countries saw and are seeing their last days and
tragic ends as a result of wrong choices they made unable to bear the US
imperialists' stereotyped preaching and sophistry, sanctions and pressure, and
military threat.
Our
generation will not pursue an immediately visible improved environment for the
economic life at the cost of giving up the nuclear weapons, which guarantee the
security of the government of our Republic and the coming generations, to find
our own comfort and to escape today's difficulties unable to bear the enemy's
deceitful preaching and tenacious pressure, nor will we change our choice even
if it would mean experiencing great difficulties.
In
this way, we should remain as the greatest and iron-willed generation in the
history of our Republic's development.
The
United States can never and ever realize their ambition with regard to our
state or make our people change their choice.
Whose
side on earth is the time on?
It
is the enemy who feel hard-pressed now; we do not feel hard-pressed, and we are
fully able to live by our own efforts and in our own way even in these
circumstances.
In
direct proportion to the increase of the period of suffering imposed on our
people by the US's brutal hostile policy against us, our absolute strength is
continuing to be built up at exponential speed and the security threat they
have to face is increasing in direct proportion.
The
nuclear forces of our Republic will responsibly perform their important mission
to contain grave political and military provocations against our state by the
United States and its vassal forces and to put their prospective threats under
control, and today this was clarified in a law of the state.
As
our Republic values most its independence and self-respect and the destiny of
its people, never forgives hostile acts that may do harm to them and means what
it says, it could take such an audacious political decision as codifying the
policy of the nation's nuclear forces in a law.
The
world will clearly realize once again what a truly independent powerful country
is and a state of justice in modern days, when pursuit of hegemony is more rampant
and how mighty is the unquenchable spirit of our Republic dealing squarely with
the United States, the empire of evil.
Comrades,
Looking
back the arduous and protracted journey that our revolution has made so far
since it started out with two pistols, all the events of history condensed in
it tug at my heartstrings.
The
successes achieved are really great, and they are felt weightier and more
valuable as they are a fruition of the unstinted support and encouragement from
all the people, their precious sweat and blood, and their indescribable
painstaking efforts.
To
tell the truth, we had to build up the nuclear forces of our Republic and make
its combat preparedness perfect while standing face-to-face with the allied
imperialist forces single-handedly and coping with their most inhumane and
outrageous moves of sanctions and suffocation. It was a do- or-die battle we
had to fight in the face of untold sufferings and trials.
It
meant that our beloved children and all other people had to tighten their belts
still further and suffer from greater hunger, and that all our dear families
had to undergo appalling difficulties in life.
Although
it was an unavoidable choice we had to make to win a greater victory, it was an
untrodden path on which we had to be prepared to suffer unbearable loss and the
result of which we were little sure of.
Nevertheless,
our people rendered absolute support to our Party for the cause, which it
started with the trust in them alone, making single-hearted and all-out efforts
for it despite all manner of hardships.
Obviously
our scientists and technicians made tangible contributions to the
accomplishment of the historic cause of building the nation's nuclear forces;
yet, but for our people, who remained fully convinced of the victory without
any yielding to such intolerable and uninterrupted sufferings, we could not
have followed to the end the road of possessing nuclear weapons, nor could our
Republic have greeted today when the policy of the nuclear forces was codified
in a law.
Our
people, by overcoming all sorts of trials by dint of their unique, strenuous
fortitude and patriotism, have finally raised the glory and dignity of our
state up to such a height as no one would ever dispute it.
On
behalf of the Party and government, I extend my heartfelt thanks to our people
throughout the country.
Comrades,
The
legalization of the policy of the nuclear forces in accordance with the
unanimous desire and iron will of all the people are of tremendous
significance.
With
this, the position of our state as a nuclear nation has become irreversible.
If
our nuclear policy is to be changed now, the world has to be changed, and so
should the political and military environment on the Korean peninsula.
There
will never be such a thing as our abandonment of the nuclear weapons or
denuclearization first, nor there is any negotiations to this end or bargaining
chip in these processes.
The
nuclear weapons represent our nation's dignity and honour; they mean the
absolute might of our Republic and a source of the great pride of the Korean
people.
As
long as there exist nuclear weapons and remains imperialism on the earth, and
as long as the United States and its vassal forces refuse to stop their
anti-DPRK maneuverings, our journey of building up the nuclear forces will not
come to an end.
Our
Republic's nuclear forces represent the destiny of the country and the people
and their lasting prestige–this is our steadfast stand.
We
have drawn the line of no retreat regarding our nuclear weapons so that there
will be no longer any bargaining over them. Herein lays the great importance of
the legalization of the policy of the nuclear forces.
The
event has made the peace-loving stand of the government of our Republic and our
policy of the nation's nuclear forces more transparent and justifiable.
It
is a desire of humanity to live in a peaceful world free from aggression and
war.
Yet,
peace does not come of its own accord simply because they are desirous of it;
it is something that we can achieve and defend only when we are strong enough
to contain the imperialist tyranny.
Our
Republic's legalization of the policy of the nuclear forces constitutes a
righteous blow to the imperialists who are violating and disrupting the right
to independence and peace.
Our
Republic's nuclear forces exist and will come into use to defend our territory,
people and self-respect and global peace and security from the imperialist
tyranny, and not to pursue intervention in the internal affairs of other
nations or hegemony. Accordingly, they in no way pose any threat to those
nations and peoples that are friendly to us and desirous of peace.
For
their inherent characteristics, the standards and principles of management,
operation and other matters related with nuclear weapons should be clearly
stipulated by law.
Otherwise,
they might fall into an uncontrollable state to be misused for other purpose,
or employed in pursuance of any unjustifiable interests, driving humanity into
a horrible nuclear holocaust at any moment.
The
current law on the policy of our Republic's nuclear forces clearly stipulates
detailed provisions, such as the mission and composition of the nuclear forces,
control and command over them, principles and conditions for their use, and
their safe maintenance and protection.
Such
being the case, the law fully accords with the desire of humanity for justice
and peace, and there is no room for anyone to pick a quarrel with, or question,
our nuclear forces in the future.
The
legal weapon, provided to reliably guarantee the historic advance towards the
comprehensive development of our own style of socialism, constitutes, together
with the proud victories and successes achieved this year, an epoch-making
occasion in remarkably raising the fighting spirit of all the people.
This
year the government of our Republic has been faced with the heavy task of building
a high road to fulfilling the five-year plan set out by the Eighth Party
Congress.
Every
part of the efforts to carry it out has encountered unprecedented trials and
ordeals, but our struggle has been more courageous and progressive, and has
borne more valuable fruits.
We
overcame the threatening public health crisis, the first of its kind since the
founding of our state, in a short span of time by waging a tenacious struggle
based on single-hearted unity, the unity of one mind and one body, and defended
the security of the state and the people by turning the whole country back to
the state of cleanness–this is a great victory we have achieved this year.
In
the face of the doubts of the whole world, we displayed to the full the
politico-ideological might and superiority of the socialist system by bringing
the unprecedented anti-epidemic war to a victorious conclusion at the earliest
date possible, and this instilled greater confidence and pride in the people
across the country and actively encouraged them to make more dynamic efforts
for socialist construction.
In
addition to the most serious epidemic crisis, natural disasters hit the
country. However, all the people have redoubled their efforts with no sign of
pessimism, disappointment, fear and despair, persistently pushing ahead with
this year's formidable struggle tasks including the immediate farming work and
major construction projects. These are also miraculous achievements in which we
ought to take pride.
Such
key industrial sectors as the metallurgical, chemical, electric- power,
coal-mining industries and rail transport, the buttresses of our self-
supporting economy, and several other sectors directly related to improving the
people's standard of living have scored laudable successes in fulfilling their
production plans by waging an offensive struggle.
Unified
guidance and management of the overall state affairs including the economic
work is being further intensified with the socialist character being restored,
and long-range projects are being designed and pressed forward with an eye to
decades in the future, laying foundations and assets for the country's economic
development and promotion of the people's wellbeing.
Sci-tech
research has been decisively turned into that for solving the practical
problems in accordance with pragmatic plans and objectives, the country's
education is developing in a balanced way and with orientation towards training
practically competent talents, the public health sector has gained valuable
experience with which to deal with any type of epidemic and other public health
crisis, and other meaningful progress has been made this year in developing
socialist culture.
The
victories and successes we have achieved this year clearly testify to the fact
that our Republic is vigorously advancing towards comprehensive development and
prosperity without any sign of stagnation, marking time and frustration,
overcoming the subjective and objective challenges in all sectors.
Comrades,
Our
Republic, holding higher the banner of independence and justice, has assumed a
heavy duty for the times and history, and this demand a more vigorous struggle
and advance and a greater victory.
It
is without doubt that all the reactionary forces, shocked at our Republic's
political measure of legalizing the policy of the nuclear forces, will surely
turn out to be ever more desperate and relentless.
The
challenges and obstacles lurking in our way ahead will never be removed unless
the hostile forces get out of their deeply-ingrained and instinctive delusion
that someday they might completely disarm us of the nuclear armaments and make
our system collapse by employing such stereotyped tricks as threats and
intimidation, sanctions and allurement.
The
world will watch with keen interest how our people's choice of building a
powerful socialist country will be kept, how the DPRK will carry out its
determination and what other amazing miracles will be worked on this land.
To
grow stronger in the face of trials and to steadily develop and advance by
building on the successes already gained is our Republic's unique trait which
has been proven in the course it has followed.
As
this immutable law dictates, we should continue to grow stronger in the future,
too, and accomplish the struggle tasks we set out to do in an unconditional and
perfect manner with no alteration on the road of our choice.
Today
the government of our Republic is faced with the task of thoroughly maintaining
and implementing the Party's lines and policies to achieve fresh innovations
and development befitting the prestige of our state in every field.
To
enhance our ultimate strength into infinity and make our armed forces more
invincible by giving top priority and importance to building up the national
defence capability–this is the primary revolutionary task facing the government
of our Republic.
In
view of the geopolitical features and strategic position of our country and the
prevailing situation created before our revolution, the absolute military
supremacy of our state over the aggressive forces of imperialism poses as an
indispensable requirement.
The
United States, which felt a great fear it would face in the near future after
witnessing the defence development in some sectors we have opened to the public
in recent years, is now continuing to cling to the heinous moves of sanctions
and blockade and, at the same time, committing a grave intimidation-oriented
sabre-rattling while hurling its nuclear strike weapons on a large scale around
the Korean peninsula.
The
present south Korean regime, too, is trumpeting about the strengthening of the
south Korea-US combined defence posture by improving the executive ability of
the south Korea-US "extended deterrence" and the enhancing of
"deterrence" and "reaction capability" by building what
they call "Korean-style three-axis system," asserting the brigandish logic of containing us to
make up for its army's military inferiority; it is stepping up dangerous
military maneuverings and modernization of armaments which further aggravate
the military tension in the region.
Such
serious circumstances show that the military situation around our state has
assumed a protracted nature, going from bad to worse, and, accordingly, we
should be thoroughly prepared for them.
However,
the situation aggravated by the enemy's moves has provided excellent conditions
and environment for us to develop our military forces more rapidly and, more
importantly, justness for strengthening our self- defence capability and
inevitable justification for building it up on a priority basis.
The
Ministry of National Defence and the defence industry of the Republic will take
the prevailing situation as the most favourable opportunity to build up the
military capability.
Our
defence industry should correctly adhere to the planned orientation of its
development true to the idea of defence development strategy put forward by the
Party Congress, and speed up full steam the development of military hardware of
a new generation for modern warfare.
Most
importantly, it is imperative to steadily expand the space for the operation of
tactical nukes and diversify their application means on a higher stage so as to
enhance the combat reliability and efficiency of operational application of our
nuclear forces, thus making the nuclear combat posture consolidated in every
way.
It
is also necessary to steadily step up the deployment of cutting-edge strategic
and tactical weapon systems for combat and direct all efforts to remarkably strengthening
the war deterrent of the country.
We
should further strengthen the politico-ideological might unique to our state
and give fullest play to it in all sectors.
All
our people are firmly united with one ideology and will and with noble virtues
and human feeling, and make devoted efforts for the prosperity of their
country–this is the advantage unique to our country and the motive force that
brings about all great miracles on this land.
The
might of single-hearted unity–the invincible might of our style of socialism
and the most powerful weapon of our state–should be further consolidated in
ideology, purpose and moral obligation.
We
must thoroughly apply the people-first politics of our Party in the overall
state affairs and intensify the activities of state power to ensure that all
the people take an active part in the political affairs as masters of the state
and society.
We
should instill in all the members of society the pride and dignity that our
ideology, our system, our culture and our lifestyle are the best, and inspire
them to continue to give full play to the collectivist spirit, communist
virtues and beautiful traits of our society.
Our
country will always prosper without any vacillation when all the people remain
faithful to their civic duties while putting the interests of the state and the
collective first in their consideration and live and work as genuine socialist
working people who devote their patriotic mind for the development and
prosperity of their country.
We
should direct great efforts to preparing all the people and service personnel
of the People's Army to be vanguard class fighters and combatants who firmly
safeguard their socialist country with a steadfast viewpoint on the archenemy
and other enemies, and thus consolidate our politico-ideological position and
class position.
The
government of the Republic should dynamically push forward the struggle for
implementing the five-year plan for national economic development and follow up
the success in the next stage.
The
most important revolutionary task facing the government is to definitely
consolidate the foundations for achieving the comprehensive development of our
own style of socialism and satisfactorily solve such urgent problems concerning
the improvement of the people's living standards as the problems of food and
consumer goods by implementing the five-year plan without fail.
The
five-year plan is aimed at advancing towards sustained economic growth and
remarkable improvement of the people's living standards on the basis of the
economic situation of the country and the actual feasibilities.
When
the five-year plan is implemented, the overall national economy will be put on
a growth orbit with its work system, the ties among its sectors and its
self-supporting foundations being readjusted and reinforced, and substantial
changes will be brought about in solving the problems of food, clothing and
housing for the people.
Actually,
according to the strategy of readjustment and reinforcement, the lifeline and
integrity of the country's economy have been further strengthened, many
irrationalities rectified in the economic management, and normalization of production,
renovation of production lines and provision of domestic raw and other
materials actively promoted over the past one year and eight months. In
particular, a vigorous drive for building
50
000 flats in Pyongyang and for provincial construction and rural construction
was launched, opening up a bright prospect for solving the housing problem.
As
was clarified at the Eighth Party Congress, the GDP would increase by more than
40 percent and the production of consumer goods by more than 30 percent by the
end of 2025 as compared to 2020. This shows that carrying out the five-year
plan will provide a guarantee for giving an impetus to economic development of
the country and the improvement of the people's living standards and for
marching confidently towards a more gigantic struggle of the next stage.
Although
the economic difficulties facing us now are severe, the government of the
Republic, which has taken responsibility for the destiny and livelihood of the
people, should set a correct orientation of struggle for implementing the
five-year plan and execute it forcefully, and thereby achieve good results
without fail.
The
Cabinet, as the country's economic headquarters, should properly regulate
economic construction and development in the direction of strictly supervising
the overall economic work and pushing ahead with the work as a whole.
As
the Cabinet is dealing with the overall economic work of the country, it is
important for it to efficiently plan and direct the undertakings for developing
the national economy as a whole in a simultaneous and balanced way.
The
Cabinet should focus on the key sectors which are the cornerstone of the
country's economy, and at the same time be concerned about, responsible for and
take care of other economic sectors and the people's livelihood as a whole.
The
system and order of placing the country's economic work under the control of
the Cabinet are getting stronger. To keep with this, the Cabinet should take a
proper control of the overall production and other economic activities, ensure
an organic link and cooperation among economic sectors, and take practical and
timely measures for boosting the sectors that are lagging behind or backward.
In this way it can ensure balance, smoothness and efficiency of the country's
economic work.
It
should put major and sustained efforts into agricultural production and the
development of light industry so as to settle the problems of food and consumer
goods in the near future.
All
the economic policies of our Party and government are geared to providing the
people with an affluent life with nothing to envy by fully satisfying their
material and economic needs.
The
socialist construction we are pressing on with is, to all intents and purposes,
a struggle for building an ideal society the people are desirous of and dream
about. Therefore, the more the struggle is intensified, the more substantial
results it should beget for the benefit of the people.
If
we fail to properly solve even elementary problems arising in the people's
living, making the people have a hard time on and on, and then our effort for
economic work would be futile, no matter how hard we try for it.
What
is most urgent in stabilizing and improving the people's living is to solve the
problems of food and consumer goods.
During
the five-year plan period, we should hit the national target of grain
production without fail to supply the people with enough food, and increase
production in light industry both in quality and quantity to solve the problems
of daily necessaries and basic foodstuffs satisfactorily.
An
important task to this end is to put farming on a stable footing, increase its
productivity, change the structure of grain production and improve grain
procurement and food supply.
As
farming conditions and environment are expected to turn more unfavourable, it
is necessary to take measures to cope with them.
Scientific
and technological measures like the seed revolution should be taken as the main
link in the whole chain of farming so as to have a high and stable harvest
without being affected by any change in the climatic conditions. The whole
country should be mobilized to provide labour assistance to the countryside,
and sufficient amounts of materials supplied to meet the demands of the yearly
farming.
Officials,
in particular, should regard unfavourable climatic conditions as a fait
accompli, conduct an overall examination of agricultural production and, in
line with this, give guidance over farming in a scientific and planned way.
An
important way to reduce the imbalance in agricultural production and increase
its stability is to rehabilitate the irrigation facilities and bring them to
perfection.
The
whole country should turn out in the effort to carry out the project of rebuilding
the irrigation facilities without fail in two or three years by restoring or
readjusting what have been destroyed or aged and by installing more where
necessary.
The
area of cultivation of wheat and its output have begun to increase this year;
in the future, they should be increased year after year. Along with this, the
work of properly storing and processing the crop should be conducted in
parallel so that the policy of the Party and government for improving the
people's diet can prove its worth in reality.
The
effort for rural rejuvenation should be stepped up under the banner of the
rural revolution programme in the new era.
Rural
rejuvenation precisely means the solving of the socialist rural question and
the struggle to defend socialism.
As
is clarified in the rural revolution programme in the new era, the first and
foremost task in this regard is to enlighten the agricultural workers.
Only
when the level of consciousness of the agricultural workers, masters of the
rural revolution, is raised, can they have a clear understanding of the rural
revolution programme in the new era, play the core and leading role in
implementing it and contribute positively to further developing the socialist
countryside as required by the rapidly-changing times.
In
order to widen the range of the ideological consciousness of the agricultural
workers, it is necessary to inject progressive and modern natures into the
rural areas.
We
should energetically push ahead with the work of upgrading the agricultural
production environment including putting agricultural production on a
scientific, modern and IT footing and mechanizing farm work on a high level. By
doing this, we can not only bring about a change in the ideological consciousness
of the agricultural workers but also transform all the rural communities into
rich ones.
We
should map out correct plans for rural construction with the main emphasis on
housing construction and in accordance with the local and geographical
characteristics. And we should carry them out step by step so that the rapid
rejuvenation of our country's rural communities can be noticeable and be
enjoyed by the farmers.
We
should boost the country's fishing industry so as to supply the people with
more fish.
The
fishing industry should extensively and steadily conduct various fish farming
activities including releasing fry and cage-net fish farming in all rivers and
lakes, at the same time as undertaking sea fishing and sea culture briskly.
What
is important here is to carry on scientific and regular investigation into the
state of the conservation and propagation of the aquatic resources and, based
on this, increase aquatic production in a planned manner.
We
need to give a spur to affecting a revolution in light industry so as to solve
the problem of consumer goods.
Improving
the quality of consumer goods is the seed and basic orientation of the
revolution in light industry.
If
we, bent on fulfilling the immediate plans, continue to produce low- quality
consumer goods in disregard of the demand and desires of the people who are
becoming more cultured day after day, light industry of the country will drift
into a vicious cycle and its development can never be expected.
The
light industry sector should help its scientists, technicians and workers to
widen their horizons and steadily raise their technical level and skills, and
make exacting demands upon ensuring the quality of the raw and other materials,
modernizing production lines and quality control work. In this way, it should
fully guarantee the quality of consumer goods with the people's appraisal as
the standard.
By
bolstering up the regional industries across the country, we should usher in a
new era, in which regions are transformed and develop by themselves.
If
the regional-industry factories in all cities and counties play their proper
role, they can solve a number of problems in developing the country's economy
and improving people's living standards.
Having
renovated its regional-industry factories, Kimhwa
County is meeting its local demands with its own raw material sources. We
should powerfully push ahead with the work of expanding this practical
experience to all the cities and counties across the country.
With
regard to this, the state should establish a promoting committee so that it can
take responsibility for renovating the regional-industry factories in cities
and counties, including their designing and execution of their building, and
push ahead with the projects.
Since
the current capacity of cities and counties is weak, we, after the factories
have been renovated, should take measures for securing raw materials for them
and making initial investment in them until they can stand on their own feet.
The
regional-industry factories should focus on improving the quality of their
products and thus make a substantial contribution to improving the local
people's livelihood. And they should ensure expanded re-production so that they
can operate by their own efforts.
In
implementing the five-year plan for national economic development, key
industries should continue to fly the banner and lead the national economy as a
whole.
Key
industries are the cornerstone and mainstay in our self-supporting economy; only
when these sectors bring about an upsurge in production, can the overall
national economy rise up and a bright view of the economic development of the
next stage can be created.
For
this reason, the Party and the government have already disbursed a large sum of
money on bolstering up the metal and chemical industries, and intend to take
more economic and practical measures needed for renovating the electric-power
industry and various other key industries, expanding their capacity and putting
their production on a normal track.
The
metal, chemical and other key industrial sectors should carry out their
production plans under any circumstances and without delay as they
perseveringly implement the plans pertaining to the strategy of readjustment
and reinforcement, so as to build up a more powerful motive force and
potentialities for the growth and development of the national economy.
In
particular, the management of labour, equipment and technology should be
performed on a regular basis according to well-thought-out plans in order to
prevent economic loss caused by different kinds of equipment- related
accidents, and a closer connection between production and consumption should be
built up from the standpoint of the state so as to enable the key industrial sectors
to work without a hitch.
All
sectors and units of the national economy should make a tangible contribution
to the national economic development and the improvement of the people's
livelihood by improving the management of business and enterprises in a way
that they can maximize profits while saving labour, energy, materials, sites
and others as much as possible, starting from the viewpoint that economy is
precisely increased production and patriotism.
It
is needed to work out plans for long-range undertakings of great significance
in the economic development of the country and the improvement of the people's
living standards, make scrupulous arrangements for them and push ahead with
them in a planned way and stage by stage.
To
be bent on the present production for reasons of economic difficulties of the
country is just self-preservation and retreat and an expression of giving up
revolution.
Genuine
patriots are just those who fight on by making it a principle to plan, make
arrangements for and perform any undertakings, be they big or small, so that
our descendants can enjoy their benefits to the full even in the distant
future.
If
it is really for the good of the people and the prosperity of the country, we
should set ourselves lofty ideals and goals and at the same time persistently
push on with the struggle to achieve them.
It
is necessary to keep channeling big efforts in the future into projects for
providing our people with better and excellent living conditions, including the
construction of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang and large-scale greenhouse farms.
In
order for us to continue to undertake ambitious construction projects with
determination in the future, too, we should build large-capacity
building-materials production bases in Pyongyang and local areas and produce
and supply good quality building materials like finishing materials by
ourselves.
Through
the struggle to continuously conduct long-range and grand construction
operations and successfully complete them, we should demonstrate the development
aspects of our state where the people's long- cherished desires are fulfilled
successfully one after another and its rosy future.
It
is needed to make scientific calculations and accurate action plans for
long-term economic projects including the construction of a large canal linking
the East and West Seas of Korea and, once they are launched, national efforts
should be directed to bringing success without fail.
The
important affairs the government of the Republic should push ahead with at
present are land administration and disaster prevention.
The
heavy human casualties and material damage caused by the influence of
disastrous abnormal climate that is getting ever serious are a difficult
worldwide problem at present, and disasters happen also in our country every
year.
The
conservation of rivers is as good as the control of weather conditions and
river improvement is an intermediate- and long-range undertaking.
At
present, river improvement work is being limited to river dredging and the
building of retaining walls along the riverside. It should be conducted
according to intermediate- and long-range plans, in other words, a scientific
river improvement strategy.
We
should put water management on a scientific basis by making an accurate
assessment of the water adjusting capacity of rivers and streams of the
country, creating buffer points based on the judgment and perfecting the water
management system.
It
is necessary to keep putting big efforts into building the national disaster
prevention capacity for minimizing damage from natural phenomena and, for the
present, all the provinces, cities and counties should possess sufficient
forces, equipment and materials needed for rescuing people in case of flood.
We
should push ahead more powerfully on a nationwide scale with the protection and
management of land and environment including the forest restoration campaign,
afforestation for erosion control, dike projects for tide-water control and
road reconstruction.
Comrades,
It
is a consistent policy of the government of the Republic to attach importance
to education, science and technology, and public health and direct efforts to
the development of them.
At
present, we badly need more than ever before a larger number of talents,
practically competent talents, and scientific and technological achievements
conducive to solving problems arising in reality.
The
government of the Republic should put forward the talents strategy, the
strategy of sci-tech development, as the core strategy for the overall
rejuvenation of the state and powerfully spur the implementation of the
strategy.
At
present the country's education fails to follow the developing global trend and
meet the requirements of the times in terms of qualitative level.
Education
fails to be aimed at training competent talents with practical ability and is
confined to the one for education's sake, or for evaluation of marks, and
therefore it is of little help to national development.
The
education sector should properly select subjects to enable students to spend
time and energy in acquiring more practical knowledge applicable to practice
and decisively improve the quality of the universal 12-year compulsory
education to enhance the ability of students pre-eminently beyond comparison.
Kim Chaek
University of Technology and other technical colleges should steadily raise the
level of education up to the world standard in order to graduate all their
students as competent and prominent scientific and technological talents.
National
efforts should continuously be directed to providing all teachers and students
in Pyongyang and local areas with perfect conditions for education, practice
and study.
The
level and role of science and technology should be increased and the resources
of technical talents are effectively promoted and managed.
As
the development of science and technology requires the preparation of means of
research and talents, nationwide attention should constantly be paid to the
matter and substantial measures be taken to settle it.
As
I emphasize time and again, the scientific research sector should strictly
guard against the attitude of making up the numbers of research achievements
alone, and present proper sci-tech results, even a few in number, capable of
actually shoring up the economy of the country in a year.
All
sectors and units should regularly learn about and substantially review the
operation of sci-tech learning spaces, the important bases for making all the
people well versed in science and technology, and steadily intensify the
dissemination of science and technology to activate the mass technical
innovation drive.
It
is necessary to properly ensure that sci-tech achievements are shared, absorbed
and informed, good conditions are provided for gaining access to sci-tech data
and excellent units, scientists and technicians are given preferential
treatment and appraisal to make the climate of attaching importance to science
and technology pervades the whole society.
Medical
service should continuously be improved to protect and promote the life and
health of our people.
Through
the recent public health crisis the present state of our public health sector
was evaluated in an all-round way and the urgency of increasing its level and
capacity was proved all the more.
Urgent
problems in medical service should be resolved first from the standpoint that
the life and health of the people are a top priority.
Since
the country is unable to produce all medical supplies by itself, the medical
supplies needed for the medical treatment of the people and the promotion of
their health should fully be provided even by importing them.
Along
with this, the establishment and modernization of pharmaceutical, medical
appliances and medical supplies factories should actively be pushed so as to
domestically produce and supply various medicines including essential medical
supplies and it is necessary to press on in a planned way with the work to
renovate provincial, city and county hospitals and bring pharmacies up to standard.
It
is necessary to ensure that all doctors and nurses in the public health sector
acquire qualifications as defenders of human lives and communist traits.
They
should be encouraged to positively emulate the spiritual world of
self-sacrificing devotion displayed by the medical workers who moved the people
during the recent struggle to exterminate the malignant virus; in this way we
can ensure that excellent medical workers, who have cherished the word devotion
deep in their hearts, can be seen everywhere in the country.
Efforts
should be put into developing medical science and technology onto the world's
advanced level and a people-oriented, advanced and efficient medical care
system be perfected.
The
building of the national anti-epidemic capacity should be stepped up.
This
is a national issue of paramount importance that can never be delayed even for
a moment as there are various possibilities of continued outbreaks of malignant
infectious diseases both at present and in the future.
It
is important to carry out the tasks put forward at the Fifth Plenary Meeting of
the Eighth Party Central Committee and the National Meeting of Reviewing the
Emergency Anti-epidemic Work in connection with the building of the state's
anti-epidemic capacity while examining them on a case-by-case basis.
In
particular, the state should constantly watch the volatile epidemic situation
beyond the country and the characteristics of the disease with alertness, and
pay attention to developing the capacity to promptly detect and control the
disease once it enters its territory.
Recently,
the World Health Organization and public health institutions of different
countries have been warning that it is needed to get thoroughly prepared to
cope with dangerous influenza as well as the spread of COVID- 19 this winter.
And
our epidemic prevention experts are of the opinion that the antibody titre
which was formed among our people as they suffered from the malignant epidemic
last May and June would fall around October.
Therefore,
while administering vaccination in a responsible way, we should recommend that
all residents wear masks for the protection of their own health from November.
Comrades,
The
present international situation shows that the contradictions between justice
and injustice and between the progressive and the reactionary, especially the
power structure surrounding the Korean peninsula, have become obvious and the
change from a unipolar world advocated by the US into a multipolar world is
being accelerated significantly.
Our
Republic will develop foreign relations proactively in line with the
development trend of the current international situation and its position as a
powerful independent country.
The
field of external affairs should invariably hold fast as the foremost mission
of the diplomacy of the Republic to the defence of the dignity of our Party,
the enhancement of national prestige and the championing of national interests
and settle issues arising in international relations in the interests of our revolution.
It
should develop external relations in a many-sided way as it further expands and
develops friendly and cooperative relations with neighbouring countries and
collaborates with all countries and nations opposing and rejecting the
imperialists' aggression and interference, domination and subordination and
aspiring after independence and justice, regardless of differences in ideology
and system.
Along
with this, it should try to find a way of making diplomatic efforts for
developing multifaceted exchanges and cooperation with capitalist countries
that respect our country and are friendly to it.
In
order to build on today's proud victory to achieve a greater victory in
socialist construction by carrying out the aforementioned tasks facing the government
of the Republic, we should thoroughly establish the Party's unified leadership
system in state building and activities.
The
government of the Republic should organize and guide all affairs with the lines
and policies of the Party as absolute criteria and definitely orient its
activities to carrying out the Party's policies.
All
government agencies should establish a revolutionary habit of accepting and
implementing the decisions and instructions of the Party unconditionally
without any slight excuse or pretext and make it an iron rule which is
inviolable in any circumstances to report all problems to the Party and deal
with them in accordance with its conclusion.
The
functions and role of the people's power organs should be enhanced.
The
work of power organs embracing all domains of social life is very complicated
and enormous, and their duty and role are important as much.
All
power organs should perform their duty faithfully, fully aware of their mission
of representing the dignified administrative power of the Republic in their
regions and being in charge of the people's life.
They
should take full charge of the policies and instructions of the Party and
government for their regions and units, map out plans and give guidance in a
responsible way to thoroughly implement them and positively create conditions
and environment which enable institutions, enterprises, cooperative
organizations and residents to conduct their work and activities smoothly and
effectively.
They
should make devoted efforts to ensure that all children and families enjoy the
benefits of the people-oriented policies of the Party and government evenly and
without exception, always learn about problems relating to the people's living
including the matters of drinking water and fuel and take careful measures in
advance lest they should suffer from any slight inconvenience or trouble.
Officials
who are leading members of the revolution should have extraordinary ideological
preparedness and determination and make strenuous efforts all alike.
In
our society, officials should become servants in the true sense of the word.
The word official is not something related to
any honour or authority, and the worth of existence of officials is unthinkable
separated from their natural mission of serving the people.
If
officials enjoy a comfortable and luxurious life, it is not socialism at all
and it brings greater trouble to the people.
All
officials should never forget that their positions require them to shoulder
heavier burdens and work harder for the Party and revolution, and the country
and people and should be boundlessly faithful to their duties always feeling
oppressive and an acute sense of responsibility without taking their eyes off
even for a moment.
When
there is a new job to be done, they should not evade it or take a stopgap
measure, but take the lead in it as they work out a detailed plan, command the
work and throw themselves to it with the trait of setting personal examples to
bring about good results.
They
should heighten a sense of responsibility and increase their role in work,
constantly cultivate their mind and morality to live honourably before the
Party and people and become truly necessary officials who know nothing but the
revolution and work and can fulfill their duties flawlessly.
Comrade
Deputies,
We
will soon greet the 74th anniversary of the founding of the glorious Democratic
People's Republic of Korea.
On
the occasion of this meaningful day, our Republic brilliantly engraved on its
proud history another mega event that demonstrates more clearly the prestige of
the dignified and independent powerful country.
We
should brave and break through severer ordeals and adversities as our noble
ideal and our sacred cause rise to a higher stage of success and victory.
Today
our struggle is accompanied by unprecedentedly extreme difficulties and we do
not know what kind of challenge may face us next.
But
our Republic is obviously progressing without the slightest hesitation and
vacillation and will continuously advance and grow stronger in the future, too.
It
is because our cause, our ideology and our line all represent justice and truth
and we have the great might of firm single-minded unity of the Party and the
people which nobody can break.
Comrades,
The
victory is surely on our side and the more we exert ourselves, the faster the
victory will come.
For
the eternal prosperity of our Republic, our beloved mother, For the promotion
of the well-being of our great people,
For
the victorious advance of our own style of socialism,
Let
us all advance more dynamically, closely rallied behind the Central Committee
of the Workers' Party of Korea with one mind and purpose.
Long
live the Democratic People's Republic of Korea!
