Pyongyang, December 28 (KCNA) -- The revolutionary legacy of leader Kim Jong Il is people, says Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a political essay. It declares his immortality at this moment when the descendants of Kim Il Sung's nation are parting with him, sending off 2011 in grief.

The essay says:

Kim Jong Il performed immense ideological and theoretical feats and built lots of edifices on this land and left rich cultural treasures.

The DPRK has been dignified as a country that manufactured and launched artificial satellites and accessed nukes.

It effected industrial revolution in the new century, promising the bright future of the nation in the era of knowledge-based economy.

Kim Jong Il encouraged the ranks seized with tears and grief following the demise of President Kim Il Sung to turn out for building a thriving nation.

Thanks to these legacies we do not worry about the destiny of ourselves and posterity at this time of national mourning.

Kim Jong Il left nothing for himself. He devoted his life and happiness to the revolution.

To serve the people had been the life maxim that had been steadily carried forward in the revolutionary history of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and it was also philosophy of an uninterrupted revolution of the revolutionary family of Mt. Paektu.

People precisely means Kim Jong Il's revolutionary legacy and people signifies his immortality.

Supreme leader of our party and people Kim Jong Un takes warm care of the people left by Kim Jong Il.

Every moment of Kim Jong Un's life is replete with loving care and solicitude for the people.

May Kim Jong Il bless the DPRK bright future with his eternal beaming smile.