Today marks the 50th anniversary of "Let Us Radically Improve the People's Living Standards by Strengthening the Role of the County and Further Developing Local Industry and Agriculture", the historic concluding speech made by President Kim Il Sung at the Changsong joint conference of local party and economic officials.

The President enunciated the idea on the position and role of the county for the first time in history and put forward an original policy for increasing the role of the county in order to further develop local industry and agriculture and improve the people's living standard.

Rodong Sinmun says:

The idea and spirit of the Changsong joint conference which called for increasing the role of the county to comprehensively develop local economy, education and culture serve as a banner to be held aloft in the on-going general onward movement to build an economic power of the 21st century and a highly civilized socialist country.

Thanks to the Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il's patriotic will to dedicate themselves to their country and people and their indefatigable leadership, the idea and the spirit of the Changsong joint conference have demonstrated the great attraction and vitality over the past five decades.

The role of the county has been markedly increased in socialist construction and great progress made in the development of local industry and agriculture with the Changsong joint conference as an occasion. A dynamic nation-wide campaign has been under way to carry out important tasks set forth at the joint conference. As a result, a large number of local industrial establishments have been built in all cities and counties and their material and technical foundations have become stronger than ever before.

The nation's mountains in different parts of the country have turned into those of treasures thanks to the fervent patriotic zeal of all people. A massive drive to breed grass-eating animals has brought about a dramatic turn in the development of stockbreeding.

Many local industrial factories have been equipped with latest production facilities to mass-produce quality consumer goods in reliance upon their solid raw material bases.

In the crucible of the industrial revolution in the new century, all counties are carrying on their construction under clear-cut long-term plans and phased plans.

The history of turning mountains into those of treasures is given steady continuity and a fresh turn is being effected in the development of local industry under the outstanding leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un who is glorifying the undying patriotic exploits of the great Generalissimos.

Minju Joson calls upon all the people to emerge proud victors in the on-going honorable drive to build a socialist country of bliss on this land.