Pyongyang, December 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and premier of the Cabinet, inspected the Kumsong Tractor Factory and the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex.

Going round various places of the Kumsong Tractor Factory, he encouraged the officials and workers in their efforts for successfully attaining the goal of this year's struggle set forth by the Party and learned in detail about the second-stage modernization.

He stressed the need for the officials to grasp in detail the overall construction by displaying high sense of responsibility and intensify operation and command in line with the modernization being pushed ahead with at the final stage.

He stressed the need to take timely measures to prevent any defect in all elements while taking into consideration practicality and efficiency of production processes in reliance on the Party's strategy for developing farm machines and carry on construction work, assembling of equipment and trial operation according to projects and systems in keeping with the high demand of the modernization target.

He called for steadily improving the performance of products by strengthening the factory's own technical forces and providing all conditions on advanced level necessary for producing enough high-performance and quality tractors and farm machines including the maximum efficiency test of newly-made farm machines.

Then, he learned about the fertilizer production and the construction process for producing functional sheet at the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex and underscored the need to consolidate the successes and experience gained this year and successfully complete the planned repair and reinforcement project.

Field consultative meetings discussed the issue of completing the supply and installation of production equipment and the products under contract at relevant units in the set time, the issue of further increasing productivity by expanding production capacity and managing equipment and improving technical control in a responsible manner, etc. -0-