Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and vice-chairman of the C.C., WPK, met with the participants at the lodging quarters.

Among the visitors were vice-chairmen of the C.C., WPK Ri Man Gon, Ri Il Hwan, Choe Hwi, Pak Thae Dok and Pak Thae Song, Kim Il Chol, vice-premier of the Cabinet and chairman of the State Planning Commission, Ko In Ho, vice-premier and minister of Agriculture, and other senior officials of the Party and government.

They congratulated agricultural workers, scientists and technicians upon setting an example in agricultural production last year.

They asked the participants to become pioneers and real patriotic farmers who more fiercely raise the strong wind of increasing crop yields by actively introducing scientific farming methods in the major thrust area in the offensive for making a breakthrough head-on.