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This gathering was held under the theme of thoroughly implementing the light industry plan set out at the ninth WPK congress to further improve the material and cultural lives of the North Korean people, and the tasks of officials responsible for carrying it out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Rather than simply having local administrative officials memorize party policy, the provincial party committee paired instruction with discussions aimed at producing concrete results in light industry development, according to the source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Officials were not permitted to passively take notes. Instead, they were required to debate how to overcome the backwardness in their own areas and to submit to direct criticism from their peers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The provincial party committee also directed commercial department chiefs to personally design distribution channels for goods entering the country since the border reopening, as well as for domestically produced light industry products, and to submit those designs in written reports.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"><strong>Central push targets Sinuiju&#8217;s commercial networks<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Above all, the source said, the open party general meeting reflected the central party&#8217;s intent to use the ninth WPK congress as a turning point to tighten the discipline of local administrative officials and to make visible progress on modernizing commercial distribution networks and revitalizing light industry production, particularly in Sinuiju as a border city, within the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">&#8220;The officials summoned to this open party general meeting were the key figures responsible for commerce and light industry in every city and county in the province,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Over two nights and three days, they had to come up with specific implementation plans for carrying out congress directives while living together in one place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">At the meeting, officials were pressured through seven specific implementation directives handed down from the center. The first called for a comprehensive review of the operational state of commercial networks. The second required the establishment of measures to secure raw materials for local industry factories. The third demanded qualitative improvements to daily necessities preferred by the North Korean people. The fourth called for strengthening the vanguard role of commercial sector officials. The fifth stipulated that failing to meet first-quarter targets would result in strict accountability. The sixth required the unconditional elimination of corruption in the distribution process. The seventh ordered that all of these implementation measures be spread throughout the province.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Officials who attended the open party general meeting maintained a somber atmosphere throughout and continued their discussions under extreme tension over the consequences of failing to meet the party&#8217;s demands, according to the source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">&#8220;They went two nights and three days barely sleeping, wracking their brains over how to carry out congress directives,&#8221; the source said, &#8220;and many expressed despair, saying they had no idea how they were supposed to revive the commercial networks when there were no raw materials and no money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20260312-3\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Daily NK \u2014 A Note to Readers \u2014 End of Article Pattern -->\n<div style=\"background:#1a1a1a;border-top:3px solid #cc0000;padding:0;margin-top:32px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">\n  <div style=\"padding:20px 24px 24px;\">\n\n    <!-- Header row -->\n    <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin-bottom:14px;\">\n      <span style=\"background:#cc0000;color:#fff;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.15em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:3px 8px;flex-shrink:0;\">A Note to Readers<\/span>\n      <div style=\"flex:1;height:1px;background:#333;\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Intro line -->\n    <p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:15px;color:#fff;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 12px;\">Reporting from inside North Korea<\/p>\n\n    <!-- Body -->\n    <p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px;color:#bbb;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 16px;\">\n      Daily NK operates networks of sources inside North Korea who document events in real-time and transmit information through secure channels. 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