The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is intensifying efforts to promote economic development as part of the drive to "open the gate to a great, prosperous and powerful nation by 2012" initiated by top leader Kim Jong Il.
Published on the first day of 2009, a joint editorial by State-run media called on the people to make "a new revolutionary upsurge" on all fronts to build a prosperous nation.
The new year editorial, published annually by Rodong Sinmun, Joson Inmingun and Chongnyon Jonwi, newspapers of the DPRK's party, army and youth league respectively, generally set the tone for the country's policy for the coming year.
The editorial called for "launching a general offensive" to realize the goal of "opening the gate to a great, prosperous and powerful nation by 2012."
"An important task facing us in economic construction at present is to push the effort to put production on a normal track and modernization in close combination by taking advantage of the socialist planned economy," the editorial said.
It called for decisively increasing the production of iron and renovations in the fields of power, coal, and rail transport.
The economic construction should be in the light of independence and modern technology, it said, adding that the DPRK will solve its food problem by its own efforts.
The DPRK has set "opening the gate of a great prosperous powerful nation," not being elaborated on and quantified ever, as its national development goal by 2012, the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founding father Kim Il Sung.
"Only four years are left before opening the gate of a great prosperous powerful nation and there are many difficulties and trials to be weathered," top DPRK leader Kim Jong Il said during an inspection tour of the Chollima Steel Complex.
Kim Hyong Sik, minister of Coal Industry, said coal production in 2008 increased by 11 percent over the previous year and the sector's goal was to further increase production in 2009.
"There are a lot of difficulties, but we have made resolutions to attain the production target," he said.
Renovations to installations for over 140 major projects have been completed, with investment in sectors such as steel, coal, power and transport increasing by 49.8 percent in 2008, laying a good foundation for the economy in the new year, the editorial said.
Source:Xinhua
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