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18th National Scientific and Technical Festival Held

KCNA

    Pyongyang, October 31 (KCNA) -- The 18th National Festival of Science and Technology was held in Pyongyang when the national meeting of scientists and technicians was under way. Officials, scientists, technicians and working people across the country presented tens of thousands of data of scientific and technical achievements to city, county and provincial scientific and technical festivals which were held before the national festival.
    At the national festival data of more than 200 achievements highly appreciated at city, county and provincial festivals were made public, divided into ten sectors including mining, metal, machine-building and electronic automation.
    An electric cell blender presented by the Automation Institute under the Academy of Sciences and four others were specially appreciated at the festival. The improvement of a boiler through the introduction of new technology contributed by the Chongchongang Thermo Power Plant and 47 others took the first place, a broad coal-cutting method by use of bound props presented by the Sunchon Area Youth Coal Complex and 63 others placed second and a footwear production streamline presented by the Sinuiju Footwear Factory and 65 others took the third place.
    Festival cups, medals and certificates were awarded to the successful participants at a closing ceremony held on October 3