Present at the ceremony were senior party and government officials Pak Kwang Ho, An Jong Su, Ro Tu Chol and No Kwang Chol, Chairman of the Ryanggang Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Ri Sang Won, officials of the WPK Central Committee and armed forces organs, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, men and officers of the Korean People's Army, commanding officers and members of the 216 Division and officials and working people in Ryanggang Province and Samjiyon County.

Laid at the statue was a floral basket in the name of respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

Also placed were a floral basket in the joint name of the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the WPK and the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and a floral basket in the joint name of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly and the Cabinet of the DPRK.

And laid were baskets of flowers in the names of KPA units, the 216 Division, party and power bodies and enterprises in Ryanggang Province and Samjiyon County.

The participants paid high tribute to the statue of Kim Jong Il.