economy

The light industrial goods exhibition "Development of Light Industry-2025" opened in Pyongyang.

An opening ceremony took place at the Light Industry Hall of the Three-Revolution Exhibition House in Pyongyang on October 9.

Present there were Kim Tok Hun, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Han Kwang Sang, department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Myong Hun, vice-premier of the Cabinet, Kim Chang Sok, minister of Light Industry, Jo Yong Chol, minister of Regional Industry, the participants in the celebrations of the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK, officials concerned and officials, scientists and technicians of the units that exhibited their products and relevant units.

Kim Tok Hun made an opening address.

The speaker said that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who set it as the most important affair to improve the people's standard of living, took epochal measures for supplying in time raw and other materials necessary for decisively increasing the production of consumer goods and indicated the clear orientation of advance for the development of light industry and wisely led it.

Thanks to the noble intention and energetic leadership of the Party Central Committee to achieve simultaneous and balanced development of all sectors, regions and units, proud entities of regional rejuvenation have been simultaneously erected on this land and production has been revitalized to bring about a radical change in the material and cultural life of the regional people, he said.

He expressed the belief that the exhibition would mark an important occasion in making the people across the country experience the important change in the new era of the comprehensive national rejuvenation and in giving momentum to the future struggle for further developing the country's light industry through a drive in which one overtakes and learns from others and shares experiences with them.

At the end of the ceremony, the participants looked round the exhibition venue.

Presented to the exhibition were more than 68 000 light industrial goods of over 600 kinds such as shoes, cosmetics, foodstuffs, household goods and sanitary goods produced by 580-odd units across the country, including the Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory, the Pyongyang Leather Shoes Factory, the Pyongyang Hosiery Factory, the Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory, the Songdowon General Foodstuff Factory, the Amnokgang General Foodstuff Factory, the Paegunsan General Foodstuff Factory and the Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Supplies Factory.

During the exhibition there will take place a lecture on the immortal leadership exploits of the Workers' Party of Korea for the development of light industry, sci-tech presentations in each sector and experience-sharing meetings.