He encouraged the workers in a high-pitched drive for the increased production to successfully decorate this significant year with high pride of having demonstrated to the world the might of great Paektusan nation through the successful launch of the second version of satellite Kwangmyongsong-3.

He looked round various production processes of the Pyongyang Cornstarch Factory before convening a consultative meeting.

The meeting took measures for keeping equipment in full capacity operation by properly managing equipment and technology so as to increase the production of confectionary, and ensuring satisfactory supply of raw and other materials and electricity by relevant units.

He dropped in at the Pyongyang Electrical Appliances Joint-Venture Company, Pyongyang Metal Building-materials Factory and the Pyongyang Trolley Bus Factory and held consultative meetings.

They discussed the issue of increasing the generation of electricity and saving it, the issue of pushing ahead with the modernization of the factories and producing various kinds of more goods including convenient household articles suited to the people's taste and the issue of increasing the production of new-type trolley buses.

Earlier, he went round the Ryuwon Footwear Factory.

Measures were taken on the spot for producing more quality shoes favored by the people.