Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, inspected various sectors of the national economy.

Going round the blast furnace workshop, oxygen plant workshop No. 3 and the heavy-duty rail finishing workshop of the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex, the premier encouraged the workers making all efforts to produce iron and steel for implementing the decisions of the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

He called upon officials to push ahead with the projects reflected in the plan for readjustment and reinforcement as scheduled with a high sense of responsibility that they have shouldered the destiny of the Party decisions, and at the same time, to increase the output of iron and steel and improve the quality of steel by efficiently managing and operating the production lines and actively introducing rational iron-making methods.

Acquainting himself with the yield of earlier wheat and barley at the Sinhung and Taesong farms in Singye County, the Sokkyo Farm in Suan County and other farms in North Hwanghae Province, he called for setting the right harvest time by taking into account the ripening rate of ears and weather conditions and for making good preparations for harvesting the grains in time and without any waste by concentrating efforts and means.

At the Taean Friendship Glass Factory, the premier learnt about the repair of the glass melting furnace and discussed technical and practical issues for ensuring the normal operation of the furnace by thoroughly ensuring the quality of the repair and took relevant measures.

At the construction site of the Taephung Additives Factory and the Pyongyang Poultry Equipment Factory, he called for stepping up the construction and remodelling of the factories in order to fully produce and supply feed additives and breeding equipment necessary for increasing the poultry production as intended by the Party.

Earlier, the premier met with scientists and officials at the agricultural high-tech exchange centre under the Academy of Agricultural Science to exchange views on the agricultural scientific researches and the latest agricultural sci-tech achievements.

The field consultative meetings discussed the issue of further strengthening the cooperation between relevant sectors and units so as to ensure a sufficient supply of raw and other materials necessary for the pig iron production, the issue of intensifying research activities at the scientific research institutions with emphasis put on solving the key link for economic development, the issue of making the relevant units treat technicians and skilled workers preferentially and pay close attention to the living conditions of the employees, and took appropriate measures.