The editorial goes on:

The theses on socialist rural question serves as a great programme for building socialist countryside the validity and vitality of which have been clearly proved in the protracted struggle for implementing it.

Shining successes and changes have taken place in the rural construction in the DPRK as a result of the dynamic struggle waged to carry out the socialist rural theses under the guidance of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il. The successful progress of the ideological, technical and cultural revolutions helped significantly raise the level of ideological consciousness and culture and technique of the agricultural workers and consolidate the material and technical foundation of rural economy.

It is necessary to give full play to the validity and vitality of the rural theses, highly proud of having the programme for building socialist countryside the like of which is rare to be found in the world.

All the officials and other working people in the field of agriculture across the country should wage a dynamic drive to carry out the socialist rural theses and glorify this year with increased agricultural production.

It is an important principle for solving the socialist rural question indicated by the rural theses to boost assistance to the countryside.

All the officials, party members and other working people should glorify this year that marks the 50th anniversary of the theses on socialist rural question as a proud year of victory to bring about a revolutionary turn in the agricultural production under the leadership of the party, the editorial concludes.