Present there were Kim Yong Nam, Pak Pong Ju, Choe Ryong Hae and other senior party, state and army officials, chief secretaries of the provincial committees of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), chairpersons of the provincial people's committees, officials of the Cabinet, ministries and national institutions and service personnel, workers and officials who made great contributions to the prosperity of the country.

Participants of the grand workshop for officials in the field of construction were present there as observers.

Order of Kim Jong Il was awarded to Unit 267 of the Korean People's Army (KPA) and the Sangwon Cement Complex which performed shining feats in successfully building monumental edifices in the era of Songun.

Order of Kim Jong Il, the title of DPRK Labor Hero and gold medal (hammer and sickle) and Order of National Flag First Class, Kim Jong Il Prize, Kim Il Sung Youth Honor Prize, Kim Jong Il Youth Honor Prize, honorary titles and Order of National Flag First Class were conferred on service personnel, workers and officials who performed distinguished feats in the building of a thriving socialist nation.

Watches bearing the august name of President Kim Il Sung and citations of Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the WPK and supreme commander of the KPA, went to persons of merit.