The work, published on August 28, Juche 92 (2003), clarifies the orientation and ways to be held fast to as the guidelines in economic construction, including the issue of directing all efforts to preferentially developing the defence industry, the issue of simultaneously developing light industry and agriculture to decisively improve the people's living standard and the issue of preserving the socialist principle in the economic work and fully displaying the advantages of socialist economy.

The validity and vitality of the line of economic construction in the era of Songun put forward by the party have been clearly proved in the past 11 years, the article says, and goes on:

The party's line of economic construction in the era of Songun is the line for carrying forward and developing the basic line of the socialist economic construction as required by the era of Songun and more successfully implementing it on a new high stage, and the valiant and giant line for building a thriving socialist nation to bring about unprecedented great leading forward and changes in the revolution and construction.

Now the DPRK has favorable conditions to direct all efforts to the economic construction and the drive for improving the people's living standard on the basis of powerful war deterrence.

The reality proves that the line of economic construction in the era of Songun for simultaneously developing light industry and agriculture while preferentially developing defence industry is the most popular line which helps bring changes in succession in the drive for improving the people's living standard.

Greater advance will be made in the drive for building an economic power and improving the people's living standard thanks to the line of economic construction in the era of Songun laid down by the party and the wise leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un who is translating the people's dream and ideal into reality.