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Stepped-up Technological Updating of National Economy Called for

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, January 9 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Monday in a signed article deals with the validity and vitality of the Workers' Party of Korea's policy of carrying out the technological updating of the national economy. The joint New Year editorial stressed the need to tackle the technological updating in all fields and units of the national economy as an important economic strategy, the article says, and goes on:
    The WPK in a scientific policy of carrying out the technological updating of the national economy as required by the developing reality and the new century calls for rapidly developing the economy. The core of the above-said policy of the WPK is to put the national economy on a modern and IT basis by introducing the latest science and technology.
    This policy is a valid one as it makes it possible to give full play to the advantages of the independent national economy and it provides a basic way of revitalizing production and improving the standard of the people's living even under the difficult conditions.
    In order to build economy standing on its own feet without depending on others it is necessary to steadily improve the means of production while developing science and technology. This goes to clearly prove that the technological updating of the national economy precisely represents the lifeline of the independent national economy.
    We still suffer from the shortage of fund and raw and other materials. And it is all the more difficult to build a great prosperous powerful nation given the U.S. imperialists' vicious moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK. Only when we count on the strength of science and technology and conduct technological updating can we increase production with less raw and other materials and improve the standard of the people's living.
    The technological updating of the national economy is an important work to develop the country's science and technology, the article says, stressing that this updating is essential for developing the national economy and putting science and technology on a higher level.