Attending them were leading officials of the party, power and economic organs and working people's organizations, people from all walks of life, youth and students.

Reports and speeches were made at the rallies.

Reporters and speakers said that the joint editorial of Rodong Sinmun, Josoninmingun and Chongnyonjonwi serves as a militant banner dynamically encouraging the whole Party and army and all the people in the gigantic drive in this significant year.

They noted that they would give full play to the already reinforced production potentials and thus bring about a great change in the production of consumer goods and grain by thoroughly implementing with consistency the Party's policies of light industry revolution and agricultural revolution.

The workers in the four vanguard sectors including the electric power industry and coal industry should effect a great surge in production by ensuring the maximum speed of advance in the drive for bringing about a great revolutionary surge and thus provide a foundation for developing economy and improving the people's standard of living, they noted.

They called upon the Sungri Motor Complex to push ahead with the work to introduce CNC technology and the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex to perfect the fertilizer production system based on locally available raw and other materials to supply more fertilizers to the socialist cooperative fields.

They also called upon the officials and working people to wage a dynamic drive to glorify this year that marks the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea as a year of great changes to be specially recorded in the history of building a thriving nation, full of conviction of victory and optimism.