The provincial rural economy committee, the provincial land and environmental conservation bureau and other provincial organs took the lead in the assistance campaign by collecting a large amount of scrap iron.

The Hamhung Youth Electric Appliances Plant, the Hungnam Pharmaceutical Factory and the Hamhung Woolen Mill secured a lot of scrap iron in a short span of time.

Working people in cities and counties of the province, too, offered metal factories the scrap iron they collected at their workplaces and villages.