He heard a detailed report on the construction of the factory after being briefed on it in front of a huge map showing its panoramic view.

He said that a modern liquor factory was built as required by the new century and the production of liquor is kept going at a high rate, adding that one more instruction of General Secretary Kim Jong Il has been implemented.

He learned about production at the factory, looking round water filtering process, liquor production and packing processes, liquor store, products show room and other places.

Before going round the water filtering process, he asked what spring water is used by the factory, saying that the quality of liquor mainly depends on water quality.

After being told by officials that it uses spring water gushing out between natural rocks hundreds of meters away from the production site and the volume of spring water and its physical and chemical nature remain unchanged in all seasons, he learned in detail about the technological features of water filtering process including chlorine filter, ferromanganese filter, quartz sand filter, soft water filter and activated charcoal filter.

He went round with keen interest liquor production and packing processes.

Examining bottles and other containers and trademarks used at the factory, he underscored the need to design trademarks better. It is important to design trademarks well as they are widely used for guaranteeing the quality of products and making ads, he noted.

Watching workers pack products, he underscored the need to put the packing process on a higher level of automation in order to save the manpower and cut down production cost.

Going round a control room, he called for establishing a modern general command system to more scrupulously organize business management and operation activities.

At the store full of products, he learned in detail about storage capacity and carriage of products. He underscored the need to seal them more tightly and take strict measures for ensuring proper temperature and humidity so that their good quality may be preserved.

At the products show room he saw a diagram on the analysis of their quality in comparison with famous liquors and learned about spirits, volume and quality of varieties of liquors produced at the factory.

He specified tasks to be fulfilled to produce, manage and operate the factory and ways for doing so.

He had a photo taken with the workers of the factory.

He was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, Chon Chang Bok, Pak Jong Chon and So Hong Chan.