The Korean Central News Agency on February 2 released a report on the fact that a mass innovation movement for creating new norms and records was launched in all sectors of the national economy, and many units over-fulfilled their economic plans for January.

According to the report, the torch of miraculous increased production, held aloft by the workers of the Sangwon Cement Complex, has developed into the flames of mass innovation movement across the country and new norms and new records have been created one after another in the overall national economy. In the course, the national economic plans for January were successfully fulfilled.

The Sangwon Cement Complex set a high goal to produce 10 times more cement than the increased production quantity in 2024 and registered the highest monthly production results since its inauguration through a collective innovation movement from the outset of the year, finishing the first monthly plan by January 28.

Workers of the Sunchon Cement Complex produced thousands of more tons of cement in the first 20-odd days of the year and the Chonnaeri Cement Factory carried out its high production plan.

The Sunchon Limestone Mine and the Manpho August 2 Cement Factory conducted the blasting of 200 000 and 100 000 cubic meter earth respectively to provide a sure guarantee for supplying much more cement to the grand construction theaters.

January production plans for pig iron, rolled steel and other major indices were fulfilled across the country, thanks to the efforts of workers in the field of metal industry.

Workers at the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex produced thousands of more tons of fertilizer in the first ten days of the year alone.

The Hungnam Fertilizer Complex has carried out its production plan at 110 percent every day.

The power production plan for January was carried out in the electric power industrial sector.

Coal miners across the country carried out their production plans for January at 104 percent by waging a dynamic socialist patriotic movement for increased coal production.

Officials and workers in the machine-building industry sector fulfilled their first monthly plans on indices.

The Ministry of Mining Industry successfully carried out its first monthly national economic plan.

The railway transport sector fulfilled its freight transport plan for January at 104 percent.

The monthly log production plan was fulfilled at 103 percent across the country.

The Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill fulfilled its January production plan. In the first ten days alone, more than 90 weavers of the mill carried out their monthly plans and 10-odd weavers their first quarterly plans.

Workers and technicians of the Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory, the Ryuwon Footwear Factory, the Wonsan Footwear Factory, the Pyongyang Leather Shoes Factory, the Sinuiju Footwear Factory and other factories set an example in fulfilling the production plans while concentrating efforts on the work to diversify the products in kinds, types and colors and make them lighter.

The fishery sector carried out its seafood production plan for January at 127 percent.

As a result, the January production target to attain major goals for the national economic development was hit through a vigorous drive for increased production to successfully conclude the final year in implementing the five-year plan. This made a breakthrough in bringing the miraculous successes this significant year marking the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

Rodong Sinmun