Officials of the Ministry of Light Industry and relevant units are directing primary efforts to strengthening the scientific and technological forces and introducing valuable technical innovations and inventions in time.

The Kanggye Knitwear Factory has built a large-capacity hosiery production process and prepared its normal operation.

Researchers and technicians of the Essential Oil and Cosmetic Analysis Institute under the Academy of Light Industry and the Pyongyang Essential Oil Factory have made successes in developing essential oil to be sent to regional industrial factories.

The Pyongyang Tannery is concentrating its efforts on producing various leather products with high flexibility. The Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory is putting spurs to researches with the goal of locally producing raw materials for cosmetics.

The Phyongsong Artificial Leather Factory and the Pyongyang Footwear Factory have made progress in the production and the quality improvement. New light industrial bases are under construction.