He first looked round the statue of President Kim Il Sung on the shore of Lake Samji and the Samjiyon Grand Monument and other places to learn in detail about the management of battle sites and how education is conducted through them.

The area of Samjiyon is a holy place of revolution where sites associated with revolutionary activities of Kim Il Sung in the period of the anti-Japanese armed struggle are concentrated and an important centre for the education in the revolutionary traditions, he said, adding that to spruce those battle sites up well is part of the sacred work for firmly preserving and carrying forward and developing the revolutionary traditions, the treasure of eternal value for the revolution.

It is the fixed will and resolution of our Party to eternally preserve, carry forward and develop the revolutionary traditions established by the President in the period of the protracted anti-Japanese armed struggle and accomplish the Juche cause of revolution on the basis of these great traditions, he noted, stressing that the glorious revolutionary traditions of our Party serve as a main source of the great mental power of the indomitable people of the DPRK.

He set forth highly important tasks that would serve as guidelines for managing and operating the battle sites and further intensifying the education through them.

He then provided field guidance to the newly built Samjiyon Soy and Bean Paste Factory.

The factory built at the foot of the Pegae Hill in peculiar style is another present made by Kim Jong Il with loving care to the population of the county and the participants in the study tour as he is always considerate of providing people with larger quantities of tasty and nutritive foodstuffs.

After being briefed before a huge map showing a panoramic view of the factory, he went round the room devoted to the history of the factory and various production processes to acquaint himself in detail with its construction and technological equipment and production there.

Watching the work sites which have a high level of hygienic and cultural environment and varieties of quality essential foodstuffs such as soy bean paste, soy sauce and table oil churning out in an endless stream from each machine, he expressed great satisfaction with the construction of a modern factory for people.

The factory located in a good place is a profitable one as it produces tasty and nutritive foodstuffs with a small area for production and manpower by dint of cutting-edge science and technology, he said, highly praising the builders for having done good for people.

He set forth tasks to be fulfilled by the factory for its management and operation.

He was accompanied by Kim Hi Thaek, chief secretary of the Ryanggang Provincial Committee of the WPK, Secretary Kim Ki Nam, Department Directors Kim Kyong Hui and Jang Song Thaek, First Vice Department Directors Ju Kyu Chang and Ri Je Gang of the WPK Central Committee, Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su, department directors of the NDC.