Seen before the statue and grave were wreaths sent by Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.

Present at the wreath-laying ceremonies were Kim Ki Nam, Choe Thae Bok, Yang Hyong Sop, Ri Yong Mu, Kang Sok Ju, Mun Kyong Dok and other officials, officials of the party, armed forces and power bodies, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, service personnel and other people and schoolchildren.

Laid before the statue and grave were wreaths in the name of the WPK Central Committee, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the DPRK Cabinet.

Also laid there were wreaths in the name of armed forces organs, working people's organizations, ministries, national institutions, revolutionary schools and educational institutions, and party and power organs, enterprises and farms in Pyongyang.

The participants observed a moment's silence in memory of the brilliant revolutionary life of Kim Hyong Jik.

Wreaths and bouquets were also placed before his statues at Kim Hyong Jik Military Medical University and in Sakju and Junggang counties on the same day.