Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, was present at the meeting.

Attending the meeting were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee.

The meeting discussed the issue of convening the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the WPK.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un presided over the meeting.

Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary for Organizational Affairs of the WPK Central Committee, made a report.

The report reviewed and analyzed the implementation of the major policies of the Party and the state for this year and proposed major agenda items to be discussed at the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the WPK.

The respected General Secretary said that the internal and external circumstances of the year 2022 created on the advance of the Korean revolution were the unprecedented adversity that tested our will and fighting efficiency, but thanks to the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee, a new phase was opened for the remarkable development of the state and the country's prestige and honor was raised to a new level.

He said that it is very important for all sectors to find innovative ways for solving the problems by tapping our potentiality and to properly confirm the next year's plan on the basis of the correct analysis of the experience and lessons accumulated in the course of a year's struggle in order to expand the affirmative changes made in the Party building and the overall work of the state this year and vigorously push forward the huge tasks of the new year.

Noting that the year 2023 is a historic year marking the 75th birthday of the DPRK and the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War and an important year when a decisive guarantee for the fulfillment of the five-year plan should be laid, he indicated the principled issues arising in mapping out a dynamic, advanced, scientific and detailed operation for implementing the major policies of the Party and state in the coming year to be glorified with greater victory and success than this year.

There was an assignment related with the preparation for the plenary meeting.

The Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee adopted a resolution on convening the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the WPK in late December with unanimous approval.