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Scientific research promoted at universities

Date: 05/02/2023 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

True to the decisions of the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, universities across the country set ambitious research goals for promoting the development of the self-supporting economy by dint of science and technology and have conducted scientific research activities in workplaces.

Kim Il Sung University and other major universities sent research teams to major fronts of the national economy to solve sci-tech problems requiring urgent solution in practice.

Research teams of Kim Chaek University of Technology take the lead in settling the problems arising in modernization of production processes and production at metallurgical, chemical and machine-building industrial bases.

Those of Pyongyang University of Architecture conduct scientific research activities at different units of the electric-power and chemical industrial sectors and those of Pyongyang University of Mechanical Engineering put spurs to the research for the second-stage project of modernization of the Kumsong Tractor Factory and the modernization of the Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Supplies Factory.

Similar successes have been made by those of Hamhung University of Chemical Industry, Hamhung University of Hydraulic Engineering, Chongjin University of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering and Sunchon Ri Su Bok College of Chemical Industry.

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