Nearly half a century-long period since Kim Jong Il started his work at the WPK Central Committee was brilliant days when the DPRK made a great history for defending socialism and building a thriving nation, the chairman said, and went on:

As led by Kim Jong Il, the WPK could display its dignity as a powerful party with a strong sense of independence, not shaken even a bit despite all storms and ordeals of history.

The chairman expressed the firm conviction that the army and the people of the DPRK would surely win victory in the struggle to defend the socialist country and build a thriving nation under the wise leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un.