The statement said that the joint editorial serves as a militant banner and an important work as it represents a grand plan and will of General Secretary Kim Jong Il to build a thriving nation without fail true to the last instructions of President Kim Il Sung and indicates the strategy and ways to do so.

The statement expressed belief that in order to successfully accelerate the advance for this year the Workers' Party of Korea would give fuller play to the spirit of its historic Conference, the spirit of single-minded unity, the indomitable spirit of forced march and the spirit of uninterrupted revolution.

The Korean people will advance dynamically, putting further spurs for a leap forward and the general offensive to Chollima in the Songun era till the day of final victory in hearty response to the militant call of the Party, it said.