Pyongyang, December 10 (KCNA) -- Premier Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, inspected the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex, the Taean Heavy Machine Complex and the Sariwon Tinning Factory.

Going round the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex, he stressed the need to conduct the test operation of the newly-built energy-saving oxygen heat blast furnace in a sci-tech way so as to make a substantial contribution to the development of the country's metallurgical industry and the strengthening of the production foundation of the complex and to steadily raise the practicality and efficiency of the establishment of the overall production process of the complex and its management system in line with the trend of metallurgical technology development and complete the planned maintenance and reinforcement as soon as possible.

At the Taean Heavy Machine Complex, he said that officials should further improve their leadership abilities to unconditionally carry out the task for the production of custom-built equipment this year and repair industrial buildings in a substantial way.

At the Sariwon Tinning Factory, he called for positively introducing innovative methods to raise the plating technology to an advanced level and taking practical measures to consolidate the material and technical foundation of the factory.

The field consultative meetings discussed the issue of concentrating efforts and means on strengthening and perfecting the existing production foundation by increasing their technical power and successfully completing the project for putting the production lines on a Juche basis, the issue of increasing the production of iron and steel, lowering the production cost and steadily introducing Korean-style iron-producing technology, the issue of directing steady efforts to improving the working and living conditions of employees, etc.

Meanwhile, the premier learned about the updating of the Sariwon Tractor Parts Factory and discussed such issues as the supply of equipment and the technical and skill passing-on and organized relevant work. -0-