The agricultural sector has made signal achievements one after another to attain the goal of grain production, the first and dominant goal of 12 major goals, and many units in major sectors of the national economy have been creating new norms and records.

The agricultural front, a major thrust area in socialist construction, seethes with excitement.

Civilians and service personnel improved over 60,000 hectares of dry-field irrigation network in a short span of two months, with the main stress on the areas affected by frequent drought. They mainly attained this year's goal for irrigation construction, including the establishment of irrigation system for more than 200,000 hectares of farmland, dredging of small and medium rivers, desalinization of Lake Kangryong and perpetuating sea dikes.

A surge in production was also witnessed in the major industrial sectors including metal, chemistry, electric power, coal, mining, forestry and building materials.

Substantial progress was made in the drive to increase the production of electricity, the main motive power of the self-supporting economy.

The workers in the coal industry, too, turned out in the drive for increased production and creation.

Those in the metallurgical industry fully displayed their high spirit in production.

The spirit of devotedly and perfectly implementing the tasks set forth at the plenary meetings of the Party Central Committee was displayed in the mining industry, too.

The chemical industrial sector made fresh innovations in fertilizer production as befits the defender of the arsenal of the agricultural front.

The field of railway transport made collective innovations by pooling efforts.

The workers in the forestry sector displayed their high spirit to achieve new development and changes and attain the goal of timber production at any cost.

A great leap forward and innovations were made at the building-materials production bases and construction sites, too.

On the light industrial front, the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill is making innovative achievements to contribute to improving the people's living standard.

Officials and workers in the field of fisheries are waging a dynamic fishing campaign.

All the Party members and other people are now putting greater spurs to the production and construction to fully demonstrate the spirit of dynamic advance of the country by attaining the 12 major goals for the development of the national economy without fail.