Comrade Kim Jong- un 's speech at the Samkwang Livestock Farm opening ceremony(Pyongyang, February 3, Korean Central News Agency)
Dear Comrade Kim Jong Un delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the Samkwang Livestock Farm.
The full text of the speech is as follows:
Key leading comrades of the Party and government and members of the Party's central leadership organs present at this event!
Comrades!
Today, at the newly opened Samkwang Livestock Farm, we witness firsthand another unique development in the socialist countryside, striving for advancement and modernity.
If we all look back today, we will all be struck by the truly impressive scenery that completely overturns our perceptions of mountain villages and rural life, which we have been trapped in for so long.
Through this, we must clearly re-energize our resolve and re-establish the height of transformation and the degree of change we envision.
If you want to do something, you have to do it like this.
This is the new standard and axis of change.
Look.
The reality we face today is that the last village of Unjeong-gun, which had nothing to see but the mountain and river scenery that had been passed down from time immemorial and had a lot of backwardness in the countryside, has been transformed into a standard entity and blueprint that allows us to intuitively see the future of modern farming and modern livestock farming.
This is what we should call a true world-changing event.
Samkwang Livestock Farm, which shows the changing landscape of rural development, is another proud record, a treasure, and a wondrous creation that highlights one aspect of the work of the 8th Central Committee of the Party, no less important and significant than the new large-scale greenhouse farm or the large power plant.
First, I would like to express my gratitude to the builders in North Pyongan Province, as well as to the scientists, technicians, and workers in various sectors who faithfully upheld the New Era Rural Revolution Program, which aims at the proper development of our country's agriculture and rural areas, and contributed to the establishment of the previously nameless Samgwang-ri as an excellent example of socialist rural construction.
And I send my warmest greetings to all the agricultural workers and families of Samkwang Livestock Farm, who have chosen to be the first to set their lives and happiness on the path to the ideal of civilization and revival that our rural communities will surely reach in the near future.
Comrades!
This scenery of Samgwang-ri, which has been transformed without much fanfare, did not suddenly appear in just one or two years.
As is always the case with the birth of something new, this too was not an easy process, requiring considerable effort and hard work.
To make our people's lives more enviable is a long-held aspiration of our Party, and as one of the key goals of its realization, the project of building a modern standard livestock farm specializing in the production of dairy products was conceived and implemented several years ago.
This project, which does not simply involve land readjustment and the construction of new houses and public buildings, as is currently being done in rural areas, but rather introduces highly advanced livestock technology and methods suited to our circumstances and forms a completely new face of modern rural life from the concept and implementation method, demanded that we not rely on established ideas and precedents from the design stage.
The complex challenges we faced when we first began to transform this farm, coupled with the persistent inertia that prevented us from breaking away from the status quo, meant that even during the full-scale construction process, we had to renew the detailed goals and designs several times and carry out renovations.
The reason we are putting so much effort into transforming this one farm is not to create a propaganda or observation target in one part of the country, but to pioneer a new starting point and innovative standard that will define the future direction of our rural areas and livestock farming.
Of course, there are still areas where more effort is needed to fully modernize Samkwang Livestock Farm, and there is still work to be done.
However, I believe that the current state is sufficient to demonstrate the true purpose and reality of farm construction.
As I said before, it is important to set proper standards, and we must get rid of the habit of doing everything haphazardly, unscientifically, and without any smart standards, no matter what we aim for and achieve in the future.
To successfully achieve this pilot project goal, I directly assigned a task to a key department of the Party Central Committee and had them take charge, and they carried it out accurately.
Samkwang Livestock Farm is a model of modern farming and livestock farming that stands out from all others.
It can be said that it broke the traditional notions about livestock, agriculture, and rural villages that had been taken for granted for too long.
Samkwang Livestock Farm, which has achieved a high level of informatization, intelligence, concentration, and industrialization, is incomparably superior to the livestock bases that are currently considered the best in our country.
The days when farmers had to brave the scorching sun, wind, and rain to graze their cattle while riding a mountain bike are completely gone.
This farm has adopted an indoor raising method for goats and dairy cows that can produce milk regardless of the season while saving labor and land. Managers sit in modern barns and handle the control system, and can accurately manage feeding and veterinary quarantine for each animal using scientific and industrial methods. The dairy cows and goats are all high-quality breeds.
In addition, the milking process, transportation, and milk processing processes are completely automated, and most processes, including feed processing and feed production, are factory-based. In addition, a modern livestock research center is also attached to this, which I believe is ideal for production growth and the advancement of livestock technology.
This farm is the first in the field of raising grass-eating livestock to have established an intelligent integrated production system that integrates production and science and technology, a cyclical production system for livestock and agriculture, and can control, analyze, and direct production and management activities in real time according to the characteristics of the livestock farm.
These advantages also serve as advantageous factors in promoting the working classization, advancement, and civilization of agricultural workers, which we have always considered important tasks in solving rural and peasant problems.
Samkwang Livestock Farm, where all elements of livestock modernization have been realized to an unprecedented level, will now become a profitable farm where high productivity-based farm profits and improved livelihoods of farm workers are harmoniously combined with national interests.
If we were to say at this point that we made the Gwangcheon Chicken Factory a model for the poultry industry in our country a year or two ago, then Samkwang Livestock Farm would be a model for raising grass-fed animals.
It is truly a joyous thing that this farm is continuously producing unexpected dairy products such as cheese and pata, which are contributing to the diet of our children and people.
Samgwang-ri is a model and ideal rural village that is equipped with all the functions and characteristics of a modernized livestock base and a regional unit equivalent to one-four-thousandth of the country's area.
The village of Risosaeji, with its neatly arranged educational, cultural and residential areas, as well as the appearance of each department, work unit and processing plant that is designed to suit its function and purpose while maintaining its architectural aesthetics, provides an excellent practical education on the urbanization of rural areas and the civilization of mountain villages.
Public facilities such as schools, kindergartens, hospitals, pharmacies, shops, cultural centers, and convenience service buildings are also impeccable.
It is also an example in ecological environment and forestation.
The harmony of ground cover plants and good trees, which are spread out on a large scale so that no living land can be found in all sections except for cultivated areas, is a precise implementation of the party's policy.
The surrounding mountains have been transformed into forests thanks to the successful management of the mountains and rivers, and the reservoirs and riverbanks have been transformed into emotional resting spaces and unique parks. Even power generation facilities utilizing natural energy have been built in the area, creating a panoramic view of Samgwang-ri that even a painter with a brilliant imagination would find difficult to capture.
Indeed, Samkwang Livestock Farm is a comprehensive example of rural transformation, embodying the policy demands for inoculating rural areas with advancement and modernity in every element and corner, and clearly exemplifies the ideals and goals of socialist rural construction at the present stage.
Comrades!
The miraculous transformation of Samkwang Livestock Farm has a great deal to teach us.
The significance lies not simply in the transformation of a single mountain farm, but in the fact that it paves the way for change and development suited to the characteristics of each region and farm, strengthening confidence and desire and inspiring courage.
The opening of Samkwang Land, which completely changed the concept of production methods, labor life, and rural civilization, clearly indicates what tasks we must undertake, what our future work is, and at what level we must accomplish them.
What I want to make clear here is that we are not simply introducing and promoting Samgwang-ri as a few typical units as we did in the past, but rather, we are going to use it as an idea and starting point to fundamentally transform the entire rural area of the country.
To do so, we need to recognize once again why our rural areas have not been able to overcome their dire state, despite the fact that historically, many party policies have been proposed in relation to rural issues and the struggle to implement the socialist rural thesis has lasted for over half a century.
To be honest, it is no exaggeration to say that in the past, we only studied words in rural development.
To give a simple example, the provinces have not done much in terms of rural development other than symbolically establishing a few farm villages.
Is a policy that has neither enforceability nor possibility just a theory or the current policy?
The sporadic, temporary, and ostentatious nature of national investment and support for rural areas should also be viewed as a mistake made in rural development.
The military failed to develop rural areas with clear goals, standards, and methodology.
In particular, we have failed to establish effective measures to continuously increase agricultural productivity, which is a key and fundamental task in rural development, and to gradually strengthen the material and technological foundation of rural areas.
Even when talking about livestock farming, we heard the slogan of exchanging grass for meat after the war, and they built large-scale livestock farms all over the country, making it seem like the meat and egg problems would be solved immediately, but in reality, there was no benefit.
It has been 10 years since the livestock base was established in the cell area, but the situation remains the same.
In the livestock sector, the breeding system is not properly established, the technology for breeding superior varieties is almost in a state of vacuum, and projects to preserve and expand the excellence of superior varieties have not been carried out properly.
They keep complaining about grain and protein feed problems, but they are not actively working to solve the feed problem. Although each province has many livestock bases and their capabilities are not small, they are not able to meet even basic needs due to feed shortages.
Our struggle for rural development is not achieved through rhetorical expressions or loud slogans, but through ceaseless efforts to achieve real and sustainable development and change in agricultural productivity, the rural environment, and the lives of agricultural workers.
We have no more time to study words; we must only fight persistently and constantly reform ourselves to create an unconditionally changed environment and renewed entities.
The purpose of coming here today with the members of the Party's central leadership body is to make this idea a reality.
Comrades!
Since the advent of the New Era Rural Revolutionary Program, a new era of transformation has arrived in our country's rural areas, and no small number of practical achievements have been achieved.
As a result of the construction of rural housing units that has been ongoing for three years, modern rural villages are springing up in all cities and counties, and changes are beginning to occur in each region, including the grain production structure, rural mechanization, irrigation system, farming methods, and the ideological consciousness and level of civilization of agricultural workers.
At the same time, as local development policies are implemented in earnest, the socioeconomic conditions that can promote and support rural development and revitalization are becoming more mature and abundant.
However, this does not mean that we can achieve the historical task of the rural revolution that we have set out by continuing at the current level.
The prospect of socialist rural development that we are striving to achieve is clearly presented right here in Samgwang-ri.
Our task now is to expand and develop the experience and achievements accumulated during the construction of Samkwang Livestock Farm, thereby advancing rural development to a new stage of qualitative transformation.
Only when agricultural workers are able to fully enjoy the benefits of modern science, technology, and civilization in all aspects can the goals of the New Era Rural Revolution Program be achieved and the socialist rural development policy be considered truly successful.
Therefore, at this stage, we must wage a powerful struggle to transform all rural villages across the country to the same extent as Samgwang-ri, not only in agricultural production but also in rural households, education, health, and cultural service facility construction, land management, and ecological environment protection.
The main signs of modern rural life are the modernization, informatization, and industrialization of agriculture.
Urbanization, civilization, and advancement of rural villages are also major signs of modern rural life.
Currently, cities and counties across the country are building houses and public buildings in rural areas every year, but if we are to truly make them comparable to cities, it can be said that we are still just at the beginning.
We must properly develop farm village districts that are appropriate for the characteristics of the region, construct all buildings and elements with a modern aesthetic, and actively introduce essential cultural elements that have been limited to urban civilization to rural areas to reduce the urban-rural gap.
Our goal in transforming rural areas into modern villages is to maximize the convenience of agricultural workers and enable them to enjoy modern civilization in a practical way. Therefore, we must perfectly guarantee the quality of all constructions and creations.
To this end, provinces, cities, and counties must focus on strengthening design and construction capabilities, which are essential for rural construction, increasing the proportion of mechanization in construction work, and expanding building materials production capacity.
Even if working conditions and living environments improve, people's ideological consciousness, technological level, and level of civilization do not automatically improve.
As our Party has consistently emphasized, we must continue to spur the implementation of the three great revolutions of ideology, technology, and culture, and make agricultural workers proud owners of modern rural areas and agents of the rural revolution, prepared ideologically, spiritually, culturally, and technologically.
In other words, we must revolutionize agricultural workers, transform them into working class workers, and transform them into scientific and technological talents.
Central Party departments, ministries, central agencies, design departments, and other related departments should also intensify their guidance and assistance for rural development, with the aim of modernizing all farms like Samkwang Livestock Farm.
Thus, we must achieve the historic feat of transforming all rural areas into ideal places, into prosperous and civilized socialist paradises where it is good to live and work.
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