The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un ,
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the
State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, went round
the venue of a garment and footwear exhibition in light industry on
October 19.
He was accompanied by leading officials of the Party and the government.
ComradeKim Jong Un
was greeted on the spot by senior officials of the Light Industry
Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
On display at the "National Garment and Footwear Exhibition--2026" to be held under the theme of "Enthusiasm for Developing New Products and Improving Their Quality" are more than 70,700 garments of over 30 kinds and over 170,000 pairs of shoes of over 60 kinds which were manufactured by more than 270 garment, footwear and bag production units, including major light industry factories and the newly-built city and county garment factories to suit the tastes of the Korean people and the world trend of development.
ComradeKim Jong Un
went round with satisfaction the venue of the exhibition which
comprehensively shows the features of the development of the light
industry sector promoting the improvement of the material and cultural
welfare of the people and making rapid progress.
Saying that the national light industry goods exhibition which has been held in every October is intimately settled in the cultural and emotional life of our people, he appreciated that the current exhibition has been prepared, making another progress in scale, content and form, which are different from last year's.
He said that all aspects including the brand and display, to say nothing of the shape, colour and quality of the products on display clearly show the rapid and substantial development of the light industry sector which is waging a hot emulation while concentrating efforts on improving the quality and developing new products, adding that the current exhibition eloquently signifies the daily-increasing cultural level of our people and the development of our light industry.
He said that dozens of kinds of smart and quality garment and footwear products presented by the city and county garment factories and other regional light industry factories newly built under the Party's policy of regional development are squarely competing with the products of the central-level factories, adding that this is a clear demonstration of the validity and vitality of the Party's policy aimed at eliminating the differences between the central and local areas and between urban and rural areas and achieving simultaneous and balanced development of the whole country.
ComradeKim Jong Un
said that progress in light industry should lead the noble and
beautiful trend, civilization and development of our society by further
accelerating the vigorous development trend of light industry so that
the foundations of light industry, which have already been established
in the central and local areas and are being expanded every year, can
meet the people's growing cultural and emotional requirement and ensure
their colorful life.
Saying that it is most important for the light industry sector to give precedence to designing of the products and develop it, ComradeKim Jong Un
stressed the need to organize design festivals and exhibitions in
various forms and methods, learn about the cultural tastes of the
working people through them and introduce them into production, thus
increasing the economic effectiveness and scientific accuracy of the
production of goods.
He set forth the orientation and tasks for the development of light industry including the issue of encouraging the development of peculiar national costumes of Korean style, the issue of producing a greater number of more diverse light industrial goods with elements symbolic of the national flag of the DPRK to inspire the people with patriotism and make patriotism permeate the daily life of society, the issue of widely publishing and disseminating various kinds of picture albums and magazines introducing new garment and footwear products on an annual basis, the issue of raising the hot wind of emulation among the production units at all levels with their monopoly indices and the issue of consistently ensuring the quality in the production of schoolchildren's uniforms, bags and shoes.
He was accompanied by leading officials of the Party and the government.
Comrade
On display at the "National Garment and Footwear Exhibition--2026" to be held under the theme of "Enthusiasm for Developing New Products and Improving Their Quality" are more than 70,700 garments of over 30 kinds and over 170,000 pairs of shoes of over 60 kinds which were manufactured by more than 270 garment, footwear and bag production units, including major light industry factories and the newly-built city and county garment factories to suit the tastes of the Korean people and the world trend of development.
Comrade
Saying that the national light industry goods exhibition which has been held in every October is intimately settled in the cultural and emotional life of our people, he appreciated that the current exhibition has been prepared, making another progress in scale, content and form, which are different from last year's.
He said that all aspects including the brand and display, to say nothing of the shape, colour and quality of the products on display clearly show the rapid and substantial development of the light industry sector which is waging a hot emulation while concentrating efforts on improving the quality and developing new products, adding that the current exhibition eloquently signifies the daily-increasing cultural level of our people and the development of our light industry.
He said that dozens of kinds of smart and quality garment and footwear products presented by the city and county garment factories and other regional light industry factories newly built under the Party's policy of regional development are squarely competing with the products of the central-level factories, adding that this is a clear demonstration of the validity and vitality of the Party's policy aimed at eliminating the differences between the central and local areas and between urban and rural areas and achieving simultaneous and balanced development of the whole country.
Comrade
Saying that it is most important for the light industry sector to give precedence to designing of the products and develop it, Comrade
He set forth the orientation and tasks for the development of light industry including the issue of encouraging the development of peculiar national costumes of Korean style, the issue of producing a greater number of more diverse light industrial goods with elements symbolic of the national flag of the DPRK to inspire the people with patriotism and make patriotism permeate the daily life of society, the issue of widely publishing and disseminating various kinds of picture albums and magazines introducing new garment and footwear products on an annual basis, the issue of raising the hot wind of emulation among the production units at all levels with their monopoly indices and the issue of consistently ensuring the quality in the production of schoolchildren's uniforms, bags and shoes.