First-day session, December 28

The 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was convened here on Saturday, according to a decision of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK.Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, guided the plenary meeting.Attending the meeting were members and alternate members of the C.C., WPK and members of the Central Auditing Commission of the WPK.Present as observers were officials of the WPK Central Committee, officials of ministries and national institutions, chairpersons of the provincial people's committees, chairpersons of the provincial rural economy committees, chairpersons of the city and county party committees and officials of major fields and units and the armed forces organs.The WPK convened the plenary meeting in order to overcome the manifold and harsh trials and difficulties and further accelerate the development of the revolution with transparent anti-imperialist independent stand and firm will and to discuss important matters arising in the party building and activities and in the building of the state and national defence.Kim Jong Un appeared in the venue of the meeting to guide it.Kim Jong Un presided over the meeting upon the authorization of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK.The immediate orientation of the struggle of the WPK and the state and important policy issues for new victory in our revolution under the present situation were brought up as agendas of the plenary meeting.Kim Jong Un started to make a report on the work of the Central Committee of the WPK and the overall state affairs.The plenary meeting goes on.(KCNA - December 29, 2019)