First-Stage Modernization Project Completed at Ryongsong Machine Complex

First-Stage Modernization Project Completed

at Ryongsong Machine Complex

Pyongyang, January 20 (KCNA) — The Ryongsong Machine Complex, where
a dynamic campaign created the Chollima spirit in the new era, has turned
into a modern large-scale machine-building base capable of taking the lead in
promoting the independent development and technological progress of the
national economy.
At the historic Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, the respected
Comrade Kim Jong Un indicated the clear orientation and ways for putting
the country's machine-building industry on an advanced basis. He put forward
the workers of the Ryongsong Machine Complex as the vanguard of the
important political struggle for proving the might of self-reliance, a proud
tradition of the Korean revolution, set forth the step-wise goals and tasks for
turning the complex into a standard and model of modernization in the
machine-building industry and took important measures for their
implementation. And he energetically led the whole course of the project.
With his deep trust and expectation cherished deep in their hearts, the
workers, scientists and technicians at the complex successfully completed the
huge first-stage modernization project by waging a vigorous patriotic struggle,
a creation struggle, under the uplifted banner of self-sustenance and self-
reliance. Thus, they gained valuable experience and laid solid material and
technical foundations for the development of the country's economy and fresh
progress of the overall machine-building industry, and made a report of loyalty
and completion to the Central Committee of the WPK.
An inauguration ceremony of the first-stage modernization project at the
Ryongsong Machine Complex was held on Monday.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and
president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
attended the inauguration ceremony.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was greeted respectfully by Ri Jong
Nam, chief secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the
WPK, and leading officials of the complex.
When Kim Jong Un appeared at the venue of the ceremony, all the
participants paid the highest respect to him who ushered in a new era of

comprehensive prosperity to be specially recorded in the history of the country
by leading to a great victory the historic struggle for the brilliant
accomplishment of the revolutionary programme set forth at the Eighth
Congress of the WPK with his outstanding ideology and energetic guidance.
Present at the ceremony were senior Party and government officials and other
members of the central leadership body of the Party, officials in South
Hamgyong Province, builders, scientists and technicians, officials of relevant
fields, and officials and employees of the Ryongsong Machine Complex.
Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Pak Thae Song addressed the ceremony.
The premier said that thanks to the devoted efforts of the workers of the
complex, builders, scientists and technicians, a precious fruition clearly
showing the development and bright future of the country's machine-building
industry came into being, adding that the completion of the first-stage
modernization project at the complex ahead of the Ninth Congress of the
WPK is a proud success demonstrating the inexhaustible potential of our state
which is achieving the comprehensive development of socialism under the
blueprint of prosperity based on self-reliance unfolded by the great Party
Central Committee.
He noted that Kim Jong Un named the fighting spirit of the working class of
the complex, who delivered a telling blow to flunkeyism, defeatism and
mysticism about technology by producing a large compressor by their own
efforts, a new spirit of the times and the Chollima spirit in the new era and
guided many designs and layouts related to the remodeling of the complex
one by one, energetically leading it to complete the project at a higher level
while remedying the shortcomings and passivity manifested in the production
line modernization plan.
Today's inauguration is precious fruition of the wise leadership and meticulous
care of Kim Jong Un who worked out a grand plan to make the Ryongsong
Machine Complex a standard and model for modernization and put the overall
machine-building industry on an advanced world-class level on that basis so
as to guarantee the comprehensive national rejuvenation with the solid
foundation of the Juche-based industry, and guided the work step by step, the
premier said, and went on:

The struggle tasks facing us are difficult and huge but there is nothing
impossible to do and the set goals will be attained without fail if we continue to
dynamically advance in the spirit and stamina we displayed in successfully
carrying out the first-stage modernization project, true to the leadership of the
Party Central Committee.
Kim Jong Un made a speech.
In his speech, he expressed gratitude to the workers of Ryongsong, teachers
and researchers from Kim Chaek University of Technology and Pyongyang
University of Mechanical Engineering, officials and builders in South
Hamgyong Province and officials of relevant sectors who have attained in the
lead-up to the Ninth Congress of the WPK this success of great significance in
making our national economy self-supporting. Then he referred to the
significance and lessons of the first-stage technological transformation of the
complex which had been pushed forward as a core policy-oriented task for the
eighth term of the WPK Central Committee.
The greater success is not merely that an enterprise has been modernized,
but in the course of this, we have become better aware of our officials'
approach to the Party's decisions and their present preparedness and dealt a
telling blow to the deeply-ingrained sense of irresponsibility and self-
protectionism that hinder our advance and development, he said, pointing out
that completely owing to the irresponsible, rude and incompetent economic
guidance officials, the first-stage modernization project of the Ryongsong
Machine Complex encountered difficulties and incurred not a little amount of
economic loss, experiencing unnecessary man-made confusions.
He stressed that the Party has come to a clear-cut determination that the
present economic guidance forces can hardly guide the work of readjusting
the country's industry as a whole and upgrading it technologically and that
breaking with old practices of pinning hope on those who have too long been
accustomed to defeatism, irresponsibility and passiveness will be a new
starting point for future pioneering and development.
Kim Jong Un dismissed Yang Sung Ho, vice-premier of the Cabinet, on the
spot.
Noting that the reality of the country advancing toward prosperity demands
the powerful pioneers and genuine fighters, who are bringing earlier the future

while shouldering today's burden, he ardently called upon all the leading
cadres and producers to build a modern and advanced economy firmly
guaranteeing the country's future without fail within our generation on the
basis of purposeful design and scientific methodology, bearing deep in their
minds once again on this occasion the essence and requirements of the
Party's modernization policy.
All the participants in the inauguration ceremony expressed their full support
to the speech of Kim Jong Un, full of noble sense of mission and
responsibility for the prosperity of the country and the promotion of the
people's wellbeing, and their unshakable will to devotedly defend the Party
Central Committee and carry out the Party policies.
Upon authorization of Kim Jong Un, Premier Pak Thae Song cut the
inauguration tape.
Kim Jong Un looked round the complex.
Noting that the complex has made a big stride in putting the machine-building
industry on a modern and advanced basis, he said another valuable asset has
been produced to creditably consolidate the foundation of the self-supporting
economy.
Today's era, when the overall national economy has been put on a track of
stable growth and the great cause of regional development is increasingly
accelerating, demands quality machines and equipment more than ever
before, he said, urging the machine-building industry sector to direct proactive
efforts to producing efficient machine products and push ahead with sci-tech
research and talented manpower reinforcement without letup for updating
machines and equipment and enhancing their quality level.
He set the next-stage modernization goal to be attained by the complex and
advanced detailed tasks to be fulfilled to strongly propel the undertaking for
putting the overall machine-building industry on a fresh advanced basis.
Saying that he is very attached to the complex pulsating with the spirit of
creation and rapid progress, he expressed expectation and belief that the
workers of the complex would redouble their revolutionary enthusiasm and
confidence as befitting the creators of the Chollima spirit in the new era and
thus go all out for attaining the second-stage goal with the successes made in
the first-stage modernization as a powerful springboard.

Encouraged by his great love and trust, the workers of the complex hardened
their resolve to firmly preserve and glorify the proud tradition of upholding our
Party, state and socialist system with a great revolutionary upsurge in each
period of the revolution and continue to display the honor of the complex as a
powerful enterprise and a prototype factory in self-reliance.
The successful completion of the first-stage modernization project at the
Ryongsong Machine Complex is a significant occasion as it clearly
demonstrated the vigorous spirit of our state advancing with confidence to
attain the grand goal and ideal of socialist construction by dint of great power
of self-reliance.