Attending it were members of the committee and officials in the sports field and relevant units.

The meeting reviewed the last year's work of the committee and discussed the orientation of its work for this year.

Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Kim Il Guk, chairman of the committee, made a report to be followed by speeches.

The reporter and speakers recalled that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un has always paid deep attention to the sports, showing the way ahead of our sports' development and energetically guiding it.

They noted that last year witnessed successes in putting the professional sports technique on a higher stage, further strengthening the forces of sportspersons worthy of representing the state and making a stride forward in training reserves.

They stressed the need to put our country on the list of advanced countries in sports at an early date by steadily developing the overall sports technique through active creation and introduction of new training means and methods as required by the players' constitutional characters and the developing trend of modern sports technique.

The meeting discussed the practical issues arising in putting the country's professional sports technique on a higher stage, briskly conducting the mass sports and developing the sports education and scientific researches this year.