The first leg of his guidance was the Pyongyang Vegetable Science Institute.

The institute having a total floor space of 500,000 square meters is located on the outskirts of Pyongyang. It is a modern and comprehensive vegetable science center which conducts researches and produces vegetables simultaneously as it has many greenhouses with facilities for the study of the latest science and production and a large area of research fields.

The watering, application of fertilizers, temperature and humidity control and all other processes at the institute are computerized.

Researchers of the institute cultivated at least vegetables of more than 50 species of over 20 plants such as cucumber No. 19 and tomato No. 15 growing in hothouses. They also developed the new technology of cultivating cabbage in the vinyl sheet-roofed hothouse without a heating system in winter and 19 other new technologies, more than doubling the productivity as compared with that in the past.

He looked round the water culture greenhouse and solar-heated vinyl sheet-roofed hothouse and other places for hours to learn in detail about scientific researches and production.

He looked with keen attention at the round eggplants and semi-round ones, spring radish, sweet pepper, aromatic parsley, etc. developed and produced by the scientists and researchers of the institute.

It is a great success that the institute is boosting the production of vegetables after laying a solid scientific and technological foundation for positively contributing to the improvement of the people's diet and the promotion of their health, he said, highly appreciating the spirit of their devoted service to the people.

Noting that the institute has an important role to play for increasing the nation's vegetable production and improving the people's standard of living, he advanced important tasks to be fulfilled by the institute.

The next leg of his guidance was the Pyongyang Floricultural Institute.

It is a modern floricultural institute whose site was chosen by him and to which he sent all necessary equipment for researches. It is the ultramodern institute as all the processes there including temperature and humidity control are computerized.

After being briefed on the institute before its huge map showing its panoramic view, he went round various places of the institute including a bio-engineering research room to learn in detail about its construction and researches there.

He met scientists and technicians including People's Scientist Prof. and Dr. Ri Ung Ho, who have achieved a lot of successes in researches, working in this field for years and highly estimated their merits.

He underscored the need to continue channeling great efforts into the floricultural cultivation in order to make flowers of all species bloom in the country good to live in, the golden tapestry of three thousand-ri , advancing important tasks to be fulfilled by the institute.

He was accompanied by Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, Hong Sok Hyong, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK, Kim Kyong Hui, member of the Political Bureau and department director of the C.C., the WPK, Jang Song Thaek, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and Thae Jong Su, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK.