The news of ground-breaking ceremony for regional-industry factories in Songchon County, held with splendor to implement the Regional Development 20×10 Policy, inspire greater enthusiasm for the revolution and struggle and patriotism among all the officials and Party members and other people across the country, the editorial says, and goes on:

Now that a firm guarantee has been provided for the development of regional economy, which had long been merely talked about but never been decided, not only officers and men of the People’s Army and builders involved in the construction projects but also all other officials, Party members and working people across the country should turn out in the implementation of the regional industry revolution with a single mind and purpose, and therefore, the role of regional officials responsible for the regional economic development and improvement of the people’s living standard is more important than ever before.

Even though the Party provides all the conditions and the People’s Army undertakes the construction of factories, it is the Party and administrative and economic officials of cities and counties who should take full responsibility for operating the completed factories and ensure that the people under their charge enjoy substantial benefits from them.

Now is the time for the regional officials to carry out most thoroughly and perfectly all the policy tasks related to regional development from the attitude and viewpoint that they are responsible for the projects.

Officials of provinces, cities and counties should turn their places into strategic bases of a highly civilized and prospering socialist power and developed regions with their own peculiar characteristics by directing all their efforts to the sacred struggle for attaining the grand ideal and goal of regional development with greater confidence and courage.