He looked round various production processes to learn in detail about its construction and technical equipment and production. He praised the factory for producing peculiar goods after successfully building the process.

Sliced vegetables preserved in soy sauce are liked by Koreans from olden times and they can be easily produced in any part of the country, he said.

It is the Party's will and resolution to provide the servicepersons of the KPA with the best things, he noted, calling on the officials, workers and technicians of the factory to steadily increase production by uninterruptedly giving full play to the ardent spirit of loving soldiers so as to provide the servicepersons with lots of tasty and highly nutritious varieties of sliced vegetables preserved in soy sauce good for health and other foodstuff.

He set forth important tasks which would serve as guidelines to be fulfilled by the factory to manage and operate it.

Underlining the need to direct primary efforts to keeping the production going at a high rate in order to supply more quality foodstuff to the servicepersons, he said that to this end it is necessary for the factory to put the production processes on a modern and scientific basis and provide sufficient quantities of raw and other materials necessary for the production.

He also stressed the need for the factory to steadily improve the quality of goods and, at the same time, pay a special attention to establishing its hygienic and cultured environment and ensure the best hygienic safety in packing foodstuff as it produces and handles foodstuff for servicepersons in particular.

In order to supply foodstuff to units of the KPA in good time it is necessary to prepare sufficient quantities of various kinds of packing containers, he said.

He expressed great expectation and belief that the officials and workers of the factory would make a positive contribution to improving the servicepersons' diet.

He was accompanied by Jang Song Thaek, vice-chairman of the NDC of the DPRK and department director of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Kyong Hui and Thae Jong Su, department directors of the C.C., the WPK, and Ju Kyu Chang, Ri Jae Il and Han Kwang Sang, first vice department directors of the C.C., the WPK.