With its completion, the Party's decision on perfecting the sodium carbonate industry based on glauberite was successfully implemented and a breakthrough was opened in the work to enhance the self-supply rate of basic chemicals and make the economy and people's life get benefit from the chemical industry.

An inaugural ceremony took place on August 26.

Attending the ceremony were Jon Sung Guk, vice-premier of the Cabinet, Ma Jong Son, minister of Chemical Industry, An Kum Chol, chief secretary of the South Phyongan Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials concerned, scientists, technicians and employees of the complex.

Jon Sung Guk made an address at the ceremony.

The speaker noted with great emotion that the behest of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, who mapped out a plan to achieve the independent development of chemical industry and the prosperity of the country by producing sodium carbonate, an important basic chemical, with domestic raw materials and had worked heart and soul for its realization, was successfully realized under the wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

The completion of the Korean-style sodium carbonate production process is a fruition of loyalty and patriotic ardor of all the builders who devotedly implemented the Party's decision despite the grave trials, he stressed.

Then, there were speeches.