Chairman Kim Jong Il set forth a policy on forming the shock brigade for technical innovation consisting of technicians, workers, inventors, master-hands at contrivance and officials at the industrial establishments in all the fields and units of the national economy on January 19, Juche 69 (1980).

He named the shock brigade the "April 15 Technical Innovation Shock Brigade" so that it can take the lead in realizing a grand plan of the Workers' Party of Korea for economic construction, and established an orderly command system and indicated the orientation for activities.

The movement of the April 15 Technical Innovation Shock Brigade has been developed under the leadership of the peerlessly great men and given full play to its advantages and might in the development of the country's economy and improvement of the people's standard of living for the past 40 years.

A meeting was held at the Central Hall of Workers on January 20.

Present there were Pak Thae Song, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials concerned, officials of industrial establishments and cooperative farms and members of the April 15 Technical Innovation Shock Brigade.