Important Hallmark of Development of Our Style of Socialism
Witnessing the entities of transformation built in all parts of the country under the leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea which is powerfully guiding the struggle for changing all cities and counties into strategic bases of rich and civilized socialist country by fully implementing the regional development policy, our people remember the precious instructions given by respected General Secretary
Last January the respected General Secretary in his speech at the ground-breaking ceremony of the construction project for the regional development policy of this year said that the standard of living, the level of civilization, in the regions is becoming an important hallmark of the development of our style of socialism.
There are geographically far and near places and there may be differences between regions in their geographical setting, resources, economic potentials and living environment, but there should be no backward region in the aspect of the people’s living in the territory of our Republic. We should make sure that the regional people not only enjoy a material life that is enjoyed by the citizens of the capital city but also lead a life in good health and without any worry in an environment that is as cultured and hygienic as in the capital city. This is the noble intention of the respected General Secretary.
Along with the Regional Development ２０×１０ Policy, modern light industry factories have been built in many cities and counties of the country, the economic foundations able to improve the material and cultural life of the local people have been laid, the competitive edge of regional industry has been raised and the understanding of regional areas has been greatly changed.
Within only two years, light industry factories were newly built in one-fifth of the whole country and went to normal production and it has almost become a fait accompli that the regional people will surely be able to attain the level of the people of the capital city in material and economic life. Modern leisure complexes and hospitals were wonderfully built in several cities and counties and all the people of the country have redoubled their confidence in the happy life in the rosy future.
When public health facilities and leisure complexes, together with regional-industry factories, are built in ２０ regions of the country including Unnyul County, nearly one-third of the cities and counties across the country will have been transformed.
To ceaselessly improve well-being of the regional people is the important guarantee for ushering in the era of comprehensive prosperity of our state by developing local areas first.
The respected General Secretary said development of regional industry is the development of the state and the level of material and cultural living of the regional people shows the strength of the country.
The vitality of our Party’s regional development policy is proved by the new entities appearing in different parts of the country like mushrooms after rain and the people’s living standard improving day by day. The eternal prosperity of the regions precisely means the permanent future of the state and Korean-style socialism. Here is the reason why our Party puts forward the work of laying the firm foundation by strengthening regions and building towers on them as the strategy of state building and directs greatest effort to it.
The bright future of our country will be true earlier as there is strong will of our Party to achieve comprehensive prosperity of the country by strengthening regional independence and potentials for development and ever-growing enthusiasm of our people for implementing the regional development policy with patriotism.
Rodong Sinmun