An enlarged plenary meeting of the Cabinet of the DPRK was held at the Cabinet through video-conferencing on April 3.

The meeting was guided by Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and premier of the Cabinet, Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the Cabinet, and Pak Jong Gun, vice-premier of the Cabinet and chairman of the State Planning Commission.

Present there were Vice-premiers Pak Hun and Ri Kyong Il and other members of the Cabinet.

Attending it as observers were officials of the organs directly under the Cabinet, ministries and national agencies, chairpersons of the provincial, city and county people’s committees and officials of the agricultural guidance organs and major industrial establishments.

The meeting reviewed the work in the first quarter of the year to thoroughly implement the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK and the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK and discussed the measures for carrying out the important tasks set forth in the historic policy speech the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made at the First Session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly.

Pak Thae Song conveyed the relevant contents of the policy speech made by the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un at the First Session of the 15th SPA.

Kim Tok Hun made a report.

The reporter referred to the fact that at the historic Party Congress, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un clarified the immortal great programme illuminating the bright path for leading to greater victory the cause of the DPRK, which entered the period of comprehensive development, and bringing more comprehensive and innovative progress in all realms of the revolution and construction and is leading the struggle for its realization.

He said that various sectors and units have successfully fulfilled their national economic plans for the first quarter of the year in the course of accelerated advance to carry out the main tasks for socialist economic construction clarified at the Party Congress.

He noted that thanks to the extraordinary enthusiasm for the revolution and struggle and patriotism of all the people boundlessly faithful to the leadership of the Party Central Committee, the torch of the emulation movement for increased production was kindled in Sangwon, Chonsong and other parts of the country and the first precious fruition of this year was brought about for making a breakthrough in implementing the new Five-Year Plan.

The reporter stressed the need for all officials to steadily raise their qualifications and abilities, attach importance to principles and figures and thoroughly overcome all negative elements hindering the DPRK’s advance, with their extraordinary readiness that the Party’s decisions should be perfectly implemented under any conditions and with a keen sense of responsibility for their duty.

Speeches were made at the meeting.

The enlarged plenary meeting called for carrying out the national economic plan for the second quarter of the year without fail and further enhancing the role of the Cabinet in attaining the new long-term goals set forth at the Party Congress, and took necessary practical measures.

KCNA