He was accompanied by Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the C.C., WPK.
He was greeted at the shipyard by leading officials of the Shipbuilding Institute and the shipyard.
The Nampho Shipyard is pushing ahead with the project to modernize its overall production lines and also making progress in the building of a new warship, under the tasks of the warship building sector set forth by the Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK and the decision made at the First Enlarged Meeting of the WPK Central Military Commission.
Comrade Kim Jong Un learned in detail about the master plan for updating the shipyard and then about the economic organization for the modernization project and the progress in the project.
He referred once again to the opinion of the WPK Central Committee on the historical need to accelerate the expansion of capacity of the Nampho Shipyard and other major shipyards and their technical upgrading.
The strategy for developing the shipbuilding industry set forth by the Party Congress clearly indicates the specific orientation for expanding the capacity of the existing shipyards and increasing the operation rate of all the shipyards, he said, adding that the implementation of this strategy means the updating of major infrastructure of the state which is of key importance in rapidly developing the country's marine industry for the future economic prospect, defending the security of the sea border and maritime sovereignty and exercising the strategic deterrent.
In particular, it is vital and important requirement of the times to rapidly bolster up the surface and underwater combat power for defending the national sovereignty in the sea under various threats, he said. Stating that the necessity to completely upgrade the combat power of the navy at present is attributable to the circumstances which compels us to contain the nuclear blackmail and threat of the enemies in the region, the source of creating the new geopolitical situation and substantially and gravely affecting the national security, he said that the timely adopted development plan in the shipbuilding industrial sector is a responsible option in view of the national prosperity and security and an expression of action for the just will to ensure the prosperity and development of the country and defend its peace.
His field guidance to the Nampho Shipyard serves as a warm encouragement to the development and might of our shipbuilding industry, which is playing a key role in attaining the strategic target for developing the national industry and bolstering up the national defence capabilities through radical leap forward and revolutionary acceleration, and a significant occasion in adding confidence and courage to its sky-high spirit and advance.