This year has witnessed the proud epochal achievements in the regional construction, which made another leap forward in terms of modernity, economic profitability and prospective with a goal of reaching a level set higher than last year, according to the far-reaching regional development strategy of the great Workers' Party of Korea.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected regional-industry factories in different counties nearing completion on December 3.

He was accompanied by Jo Yong Won and Pak Jong Chon, secretaries of the WPK Central Committee.

Comrade Kim Jong Un went round first the regional-industry factories in Sinyang County, South Phyongan Province.

He was greeted on the spot by the commanding officers of the army units involved in the construction, officials of design institutes, senior officials of the Party and power organs in Sinyang County and officials of the regional-industry factories.

He looked round the production, cultural and welfare facilities of the foodstuff, garment and daily necessities factories in the county one by one to learn in detail about their construction and preparations for operation.

Saying that he could see the level of construction and technical equipment of the construction units has remarkably improved as compared with that of a year ago, he expressed satisfaction over the fact that lopsidedness has definitely decreased and the level of balance and specialization has increased in the whole construction process.

Noting that the evaluation of the quality of construction depends on the finishing work, he indicated the orientation and ways for the construction units at all levels to radically raise the level of specialization and elaborateness in the finishing work.

He said that there might be difficulties as healthcare facilities, leisure complexes and others are expected to be added to regional construction projects from the coming year, but the People's Army has tremendous potentiality for creditably guaranteeing the implementation of the Party's policy on regional development and will powerfully lead the regional construction revolution to steady success with its rich experience and elevated enthusiasm for struggle.

Saying that modern regional-industry factories have been built in 40 cities and counties across the country in less than two years since the regional-industry revolution started, he noted this represents the eye-opening regional changes. The rural construction and regional-industry construction constitute a gigantic revolution geared to fundamentally improving the quality of the people's life and laying the material and technical foundations for the independent development of cities and counties, and we are right now going through the most responsible and important historic period of transition, he said.