The Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex has made progress in the project for putting the metal industry on a Juche basis and the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex is making innovations in the production of chemical goods.

Chemical factories and enterprises across the country are pushing ahead with the production of raw materials for light industry and pharmaceutical industry, out of the will to contribute to the development of the self-supporting economy and the improvement of people's living standard.

The workers in the electrical power industry sector are continuously directing efforts to the management of equipment and technical control to increase the production of electricity.

Coal mines across the country are conducting emulation for expanding coal fields while raising the proportion of mechanization at the coal faces to boost the coal production.

Officials and workers in the railway transport sector strive to do self-checking and self-repairing in a qualitative way and positively introduce rational operation methods.