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Rodong Sinmun
KCNA Report on Fulfillment of January National Economic Plan

Economy 2024.2.4.



The Korean Central News Agency on Friday released a report on the over-fulfillment of the January national economic plan in the DPRK for attaining the major goals for the new year.

According to the report, the first-month production goals for attaining the major targets of the national economic development were successfully achieved thanks to the concerted efforts and strong working spirit of the members of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and other working people who turned out in the new year’s struggle in response to the call of the Party Central Committee.

In order to carry forward the glory of 2023 more brilliantly to 2024, the Party Central Committee unfolded another gigantic blueprint to steadily elevate the phase of overall development of Korean-style socialism.

An all-people general advance was vigorously started under the wise guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who kindled the flame of regional industrial revolution to be specially recorded in the history of the WPK and made sure that steady efforts are directed to the attainment of major goals for ensuring the growth of the overall economy while consolidating the successes of 2023.

Officials of the Cabinet and economic guidance organs have intensified the operations and guidance so that the national economic plans are carried out without fail daily and every ten days, putting the stress of their work on strengthening the ability to command and guide the overall state economic work in every way.

The workers in metal and chemical industries gave vent to their patriotic enthusiasm for glorifying this year with fresh and significant successes.

The January plan for rolled steel production throughout the country was carried out at 130 percent and the nitrogenous fertilizer production plan at 102 percent.

The strong will of electricity producers to toughly keep the life-line of the country was witnessed at every power station.

The nationwide coal production plan for January was over-fulfilled at 109 percent.

The workers in the machine-building industry have also increased production.

The January plan for the production of nonferrous metals was carried out at 105 percent and the timber-production plan at 106 percent.

Officials and workers in the sector of railway transport carried out the freight-transport plan for January by 103 percent throughout the country.

A vigorous campaign for creating new construction speed and myth was conducted at grand construction sites, including the housing construction in the capital city, and rapid progress was made in the rural housing construction across the country.

Amid a dynamic drive for increased production by the workers in the sector of building-materials industry, the January cement-production plan was fulfilled by 105 percent throughout the country.

The agricultural sector has elevated the fighting spirit of last year with high enthusiasm.

Public atmosphere and tendency of supporting the countryside were further enhanced across the country.

Workers in the light industry, too, carried out their cloth-production plan for January.

Officials and fishermen in the fishing sector made signal progress in fishing by concentrating all means and facilities on fishing and applying rational fishing methods.

The fulfillment of January production plans in major economic sectors provided a springboard for achieving a greater victory this year, the report stressed.

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