Present there were Premier Pak Pong Ju and members of the Cabinet.

Present as observers were leading officials of the institutions under the Cabinet, directors of management bureaus, chairmen of provincial, city and county people's committees, provincial rural economy committees and provincial regional planning committees, directors of provincial management bureaus of food and consumer goods industries and directors of major industrial establishments.

The session first discussed the issue of carrying out the important tasks set forth by the dear respected Kim Jong Un in a historic appeal "Let Us Usher in a Fresh Heyday on All the Fronts of Socialist Construction by Creating the 'Speed on Masik Pass'". Then it reviewed the fulfillment of the national economic plan for the first half of the year and discussed the measures to successfully carry out the national economic plan for the third quarter of the year.

Pak Pong Ju made a report on the first issue and Vice-Premier Ro Tu Chol a report on the second issue.

Then followed speeches.

The reporters and speakers said soldier-builders on Masik Pass are pushing forward several projects in a three dimensional way and breaking levels and records set in the past amid a high-pitched drive for creating the "speed on Masik Pass".

Reclaimers of the Sepho tableland made shining achievements with the goal to reclaim more than 50 000 hectares of grassland and finish the construction of stock-breeding management center within this year, they noted. Fresh successes and innovations are being made in the construction of major projects including the construction of the Chongchongang Power Stations in Tiers and apartment houses for scientists.

They said unprecedented production swing is being effected in the different sectors of the national economy amid the efforts to carry out the tasks advanced by Marshal Kim Jong Un in his New Year Address and appeal.

The service personnel and people of the DPRK are faced with the heavy yet responsible tasks to usher in a new heyday on all fronts of socialist construction by working hard to create the "speed on Masik Pass" in hearty response to the historic appeal made by the Marshal while carrying through the tasks laid out in his New Year Address, they said, advanced tasks and ways to do so.

The meeting adopted a relevant decision.