{"id":47430,"date":"2021-01-13T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=47430"},"modified":"2021-01-13T13:49:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:49:48","slug":"yangang-province-factories-ordered-submit-economic-plans-q1-2021-late-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/yangang-province-factories-ordered-submit-economic-plans-q1-2021-late-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Yangang Province factories ordered to submit economic plans for Q1 2021 late last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities reportedly issued a directive late last year that ordered factories, enterprises and collective farms to make all necessary preparations for carrying out their production plans for the first quarter of 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in Yanggang Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that the government issued the order \u201con Dec. 28, ahead of the Eighth Party Congress.\u201d The order directed \u201call factories, enterprises, collective farms and provincial, city and county people\u2019s committees involved in internal construction plans\u201d make necessary preparations to carry out their plans \u201cfor the first quarter of the new year,&#8221; according to the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the source&#8217;s report, economic units in Yanggang Province such as factories and enterprises had submitted production and construction plans for the first half of 2021 in December. Based on these plans, North Korean authorities ordered them at the end of last month to make all necessary preparations to successfully carry out those plans from the first quarter of the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order reportedly called on factories and enterprises to \u201cstop sitting around grumbling and waiting for orders from above,\u201d and to normalize production by exercising the \u201cspirit of self-reliance,\u201d renovating machinery and equipment with the goal of maximizing operations for production.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39543\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39543 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/20151218-k3-04-1-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of Taedonggang Battery Factory\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/20151218-k3-04-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/20151218-k3-04-1-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/20151218-k3-04-1-696x420.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/20151218-k3-04-1-697x420.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/20151218-k3-04-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Taedonggang Battery Factory. \/ Image: DPRK Today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the order appealed to collective farms to press ahead as much as possible with their agricultural preparations with the spirit of self-reliance, rather than relying on \u201cexternal\u201d manpower and support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source told Daily NK that North Korean authorities made clear that executing first quarter plans is a \u201cvery important step\u201d in improving North Korea\u2019s stalled economy, and would be very important in \u201cachieving the success\u201d of decisions made at the then soon-to-be-held Eighth Party Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe order was conveyed to all factory, enterprise, collective farm, and provincial, city and county people\u2019s committees,\u201d said the source. \u201cBut one member of the [Yanggang] provincial people\u2019s committee said the situation is hopeless and asked how ordinary factories outside of big enterprises were to carry out plans when all the machinery [in factories] have stopped.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added: \u201cNow\u2019s the time when we all have to make efforts to accomplish [the decisions of] the Eighth Party Congress, but people are just sitting around nervously &#8211; not out of a lack of loyalty but because of the [country\u2019s stark] realities and a lack of wherewithal to do anything.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%e5%8c%97-8%ec%b0%a8-%eb%8b%b9%eb%8c%80%ed%9a%8c-%e5%89%8d-%ea%b2%bd%ec%a0%9c%eb%8b%a8%ec%9c%84%ec%97%90-%ec%83%9d%ec%82%b0%ea%b3%84%ed%9a%8d-%ec%88%98%ed%96%89-%eb%a7%8c%eb%b0%98-%ec%a4%80\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities reportedly issued a directive late last year that ordered factories, enterprises and collective farms to make all necessary preparations for carrying out their production plans for the first quarter of 2021. 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