Present at the rallies were officials of local party and power organs, working people's organizations, factories, enterprises, farms, universities and others, working people, youth and students.

Reports and speeches were made there.

Reporters and speakers said that the New Year Address made by the Supreme Leader encourages the Korean people who turned out in the struggle for bringing about a revolutionary upsurge on all fronts of socialist construction, taking hold of self-reliance as the treasured sword for prosperity.

They called upon all the officials and working people to cherish the principle of our state first as an element of their faith and make tangible contributions to the prosperity and development of the socialist homeland with sincere devotion.

They called for opening a new road of advance for socialist construction by adhering to the new strategic line of the Party and striving hard in the spirit of self-reliance with confidence in victory, firmly rallied around the Supreme Leader.

At the end of the mass rallies, there took place mass demonstrations.