Present there were Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials concerned, officials of party and administrative organs and working people's organizations and those in the fields of science, education, literature and arts, media, party cadre training and the preservation of revolutionary sites.

It discussed tasks facing all officials, party members and working people to fully embody Kim Jong Il's patriotism and step up the building of a rich and powerful nation, regarding it as a maxim in their life and struggle.

The speakers said the whole life of leader Kim Jong Il was a history of ardent patriotic devotion in which he covered the path of defending the country despite all hardships and a history of his total dedication to the grandeur and prosperity of Kim Il Sung's Korea.

Kim Jong Il's patriotism is the acme of socialist patriotism as it was ardent thoughts and feelings with which he set an example in practice for the country and people all his life, they pointed out.

They praised Kim Jong Il as a peerless patriot who dedicated all his life to the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the younger generation with an ardent and noble outlook on the motherland, people and the youngsters.

The dear respected Kim Jong Un has personified Kim Jong Il's love for the country and its people on the highest level, they noted, and went on:

Kim Jong Un nurtured such genuine patriotism as taking warm care of every tree and every blade of grass of the country from his childhood.

He is devoting himself to the prosperity of the country and happiness of its people, deeply aware of the high awareness that he is responsible for the destiny of the country and its people whom Kim Jong Il entrusted to him.

It is a bounden duty and sacred task of the descendents of President Kim Il Sung and the soldiers and disciples of Kim Jong Il to make a hot wind of Kim Jong Il's patriotism sweep throughout society and achieve a final victory in the drive for building a thriving nation.

They called upon all the officials, party members and working people to effect Kim Jong Il's patriotism to the full, regarding it as guidelines for building a thriving nation.