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The wise leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea which is turning cities and counties across the country into regional bases of a highly civilized, wealthy and developed socialist power is ushering in an unprecedented era of great changes in which assets of prosperity and welfare are being created one after another in different parts of the country, hastening the accomplishment of the centuries-old cause of regional rejuvenation.
The Ragwon County Offshore Farm and the modern fishing-village residential district, which have been pushed forward with as the major policy project of the Party and the state this year according to the Party’s policy on regional development and the decision of the historic 11th Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK on strengthening the independent foundations of the regional economy and improving the material life of local people by developing the fishing industry in cities and counties on the coast in conformity with the natural and topographical features of the country bounded on two sides of the east and west by the sea, are greeting the significant and grand inaugural day.
The soldier-builders, who turned out in the construction of "Ragwonpho" associated with the noble love for the country and the people of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, performed proud labor feats of building a seafood production base of peculiar style fully equipped with modern production facilities and processing lines and hundreds of modern houses in the fishing village, most unique in terms of convenience, aesthetic beauty and formative art while in harmony with the surrounding natural scenery along the undulating mountain, in the spirit of devotedly implementing the Party’s policies and the fighting stamina of performing miracles peculiar to the Korean People’s Army.
The grand inaugural ceremony of the Ragwon County Offshore Farm which has been built as another monumental creation on the east coast along with the new era of regional rejuvenation was held on August 30.
The venue of the ceremony was full of great delight of the people in Ragwon County who enjoy the joy of a new life and new civilization and the boundless pride of the soldier-builders who glorified their appellation as creators of the people’s happiness through the construction of an ideal fishing village of our own style.
Kim Jong Un attended the inaugural ceremony.
When Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue of the inaugural ceremony amid the playing of welcome music, all the participants cheered enthusiastically with strong emotion, looking up to the great leader who is ushering in the era of great prosperity, in which the whole country is prospering all together, spending days and months of ceaseless thinking and creation to make all our people enjoy all the benefits of the world.
Present at the ceremony were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs, chief secretaries of the Party committees of provinces, cities and counties on the coast and chairpersons of provincial people’s committees, members of the non-permanent committees for promoting Regional Development 20×10 Policy, officials and working people in South Hamgyong Province and Ragwon County, soldier-builders, employees of the Ragwon County Offshore Farm and their families.
Ju Chang Il, alternate member of the Political Bureau and department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, made an inaugural speech.
The speaker said that the site, in which a small port and sandy beach were all it had until February last, has been turned into a spectacular landscape symbolizing the eye-opening innovation and civilization of regional area within a short period of more than 190 days, adding that the Party’s cherished desire to present the most beautiful port in the world to Ragwon County was successfully realized through the successful building of the farm with great economic effectiveness and prospect in an excellent location for an offshore farming base and even a modern residential district preserving the features of the coastal area.
This is the proud fruition achieved for the first time in the second year of implementing the regional development policy of our Party and the entity of change that vividly shows the appearance of the socialist paradise and the advanced development and the people’s happiness brought about by the regional development policy in the new era, he said, adding that it is an important achievement that demonstrates the rapidly advancing speed of our creation and change and redoubles the faith in the future.
He said that the change we have faced today proves that the Party’s regional development policy, which has taken the course of less than two years, is confidently switching over from satisfying the basic demands of the people for their living on a nationwide scale to bringing about a sure change in the more fundamental and comprehensive sphere.
He noted that Kim Jong Un gave detailed instructions on the principled issues arising in the construction of the Ragwon County Offshore Farm and energetically led the work to bring about a new phase of development in all aspects including viewpoint on and insight into architecture, design, construction and equipment and facilities for production.
The landmark change of Ragwonpho, which has emerged as an ideal land of the people in 2025 to be specially recorded in the history of the country thanks to the devotion and direct guidance of Kim Jong Un, will convey forever the ardent sincerity of the father for the people and the nobleness of the people-first politics of our Party, he stressed.
Upon authorization of the Party Central Committee, he extended warm thanks to all the service personnel who have most successfully fulfilled the tasks assigned by the Party and the people through devoted struggle and extraordinary efforts and proved the truth and vitality of the Party’s policies with a visible entity.
Kim Jong Un rose to his feet and paid militant tribute to the absolute patriotic loyalty and noble devotion of the service personnel who are achieving proud results of unprecedented changes and rejuvenation with pure conscience and sincere and ardent love for the country, their hometowns and families.
The speaker said that it is the policy of the DPRK in the era of Kim Jong Un to find out more worthwhile things like the construction of Ragwonpho to do with credit and make all the cities and counties of the country prosperous, expressing the belief that the aquaculture in the new era, which our Party attaches importance to and steadily pushes forward with, will be revitalized with modern bases suited to the regional characteristics in different parts of the eastern and the western coasts and this will be a powerful source of revenue for fostering the development capability of regional areas and steadily bringing about an upsurge in the nationwide trend of innovation.
Kim Jong Un cut the inaugural tape.
At the venue of the ceremony where a historic picture unfolded itself to prove the new advance of regional change, fireworks were set off and a number of rubber balloons flown up to decorate the sky above Ragwonpho.
Boy and girl students presented fragrant bouquets to Kim Jong Un, reflecting the unanimous gratitude of the people of Ragwon County.
He met the working people who would live in the fishermen’s village of paradise and warmly blessed them.
He went round the Ragwon County Offshore Farm together with the participants in the inaugural ceremony.
He said that he felt boundless pride in having done another good thing for the people as he sees the county people full of joy, impressed by the eye-opening reality of their wonderfully remodeled place, adding that Ragwonpho is so beautiful as it vividly reflects the bright looks of the people before the spectacular and fantastic landscape.
Going round the product exhibition room, sci-tech learning space, combined control room, scallop and kelp processing facility, wharf, etc., he learned in detail about the management, operation, the state of processing aquaculture products and the prospect of the future development.
He said that seed is also the key to aquaculture and a rapid development can be made only when the Party’s policy for bringing about a radical turn in seed improvement is consistently adhered to. He indicated the tasks and ways for increasing the profitability and utility of aquaculture, stressing the need to take long-term scientific and technological measures in keeping with the changes in the marine conditions caused by abnormal weather.
Kim Jong Un said that in order to ensure that the offshore farms provided by the Party with much effort contribute substantially to promoting the peculiar development of the regional economy and improving the standard of material life of the local people, the officials of county Party committee and offshore farms should give scientific guidance and make responsible efforts in the spirit of devoted service to the people and the offshore farms in Sinpho City and Ragwon County should help and learn from each other and make steady innovations in the hot wind of socialist emulation.
Enjoying the picturesque view of Ragwonpho for a long time, he said with pride it is an admirable miracle that the port, which was just the sandy beach six months ago, has now turned into an ideal cultural fishing village greeting a paradise of happiness, adding that this remarkable speed of development is a proud epitome representing the present day of socialist Korea where not only the people but also nature have been changed beyond recognition and clearly indicating the future of our state which will prosper forever.
Saying that we should not be satisfied with the present successes but make uninterrupted innovations and progress with higher ambition, ideal and goal, he clarified the important tasks related to the plan for development of aquaculture next year.
He said that the struggle for creating civilization in Pyongyang and other cities is speeding up at an admirable pace and this is highlighting the justness, urgency and durability of the regional development policy of our Party to remove differences between urban and rural areas as soon as possible. Adding that this way should be followed by us unconditionally for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people and this work should be done without fail, he reaffirmed his unshakable will to surely achieve the centuries-old great cause of the regional rejuvenation.
He visited the families of Han Kwang Son, Jo Tong Chol and Pak Chung Hyok, employees of the offshore farm, full of great emotion and joy after receiving new wonderful houses and bestowed warm paternal love and affection on them.
Going round various living rooms, he warmly congratulated them who became full-fledged masters of the Ragwon fishing village and encouraged them to become innovators of feats playing a big role in achieving the economic development of the county. He had photos taken with them against the background of their new houses.
Expressing the belief that Ragwonpho would prosper forever as the socialist ideal land along with the wealth of prosperity increasing year by year, he once again wished the county people all blessings year after year.
The inaugural ceremony of Ragwonpho, which was held with splendor as a great auspicious event of the whole country, served as a significant occasion to prove once again that thanks to the outstanding leadership of the great Party Central Committee which is ushering in a new era of prosperity where the people’s desire is fully realized, upholding them as heaven, the great goal of the regional change, the victory of the regional rejuvenation will surely be achieved and the song "We Are the Happiest in the World" the people sing from the bottom of their hearts will resound forever in our prosperous socialist country.