The officials and workers of many domains of the national economy have bestirred themselves to celebrate the forthcoming 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea by achieving brilliant successes in their work with great political enthusiasm. They successfully hit their production targets on important indices every day.

In the sector of power industry thermal power stations across the country raise the efficiency of their generation equipment with recourse to science and technology and extensively apply advanced technology. They operate their generation equipment and repair and maintain it in good time to meet the demand of technological rules and standard operation methods, thereby boosting the output of their generators.

The officials and workers of hydroelectric power stations throughout the country concentrate their efforts on settling the technological problems of increasing the efficiency of their hydraulic turbines and optimize their effective use of water so as to augment the output of electricity.

The sphere of the coal industry directs its main efforts to feed coal to the thermal power stations of the country and makes detailed arrangements for supplying many fields of the national economy with more coal.

The area of the metal-working industry has so far attained its goals of pig iron, steel and rolled steel production and satisfactorily fulfilled its plan for the production of iron ores, electrodes and many others.

Many mines and factories, too, use their existing production equipment and facilities to the maximum and actively introduce rational production methods into their work.

The workers of the machine-building industry strive energetically and courageously day and night to carry out their production assignments for their 80-day campaign.

Above all, the Anju Pump Factory, the Wonsan Ventilator Factory, the Pyongyang Electric Motor Factory and the Ryangchaek Bearing Factory successfully step up the production of pumps, ventilators, electromotors and bearings of all sorts.

The extractive industry also continues to win success after success in its 80-day campaign.

The workers of the Munphyong Smeltery have successfully topped their zinc production quotas for the 80-day campaign ahead of schedule.

The officials and workers of the railway sector register uninterrupted successes in transporting more freight than ever.

Under the control of the Ministry of Forestry the officials and workers of forestry stations and mine lumber production stations across the country produce lumber every day in excess of their quotas.

Great efforts are made in the domain of light industry to increase the production of goods.

The agricultural officials and workers of the country finished tilling their fields and threshing their cereals nationwide by dint of hard work.

Rodong Sinmun