When he arrived at the plaza of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, they broke into the rousing cheers of hurrah and loud shouts of slogans "Let Us Protect with Our Lives the WPK Central Committee Headed by Great Comrade Kim Jong Il", "Single-minded Unity!" and "Devoted Defence!" reverberating through the azure sky in September.

He waved back to the enthusiastically cheering participants, extending a warm salute to them.

Present there were Kim Yong Nam, Choe Yong Rim and Ri Yong Ho, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the WPK Central Military Commission, Ri Ul Sol and Kim Chol Man, veteran anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters, Kim Yong Chun, Jon Pyong Ho, Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam, Choe Thae Bok, Yang Hyong Sop, Kang Sok Ju, Pyon Yong Rip, Ri Yong Mu, Ju Sang Song, Hong Sok Hyong and Kim Kyong Hui, members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Yang Gon, Kim Yong Il, Pak To Chun, Choe Ryong Hae, Jang Song Thaek, Ju Kyu Chang, Ri Thae Nam, Kim Rak Hui, Thae Jong Su, Kim Phyong Hae, U Tong Chuk, Kim Jong Gak, Pak Jong Sun, Kim Chang Sop and Mun Kyong Dok, alternate members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee.

Kim Jong Il warmly congratulated the participants in the Conference who have devotedly worked for the development of the party and the prosperity of the country and had a photo session with them.

He expressed expectation and belief that the participants in the Conference who have steadfastly followed the road of the revolution, remaining single-mindedly loyal to the party, would play their pioneer's role in the revolution and the construction in the future, too, and thereby creditably perform their honorable mission and duty as vanguard fighters of the party.