DPRK state media also reported on March 22, 2017 the State Affairs Commission vice chair and DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju toured the Su’ngri Automobile Complex in To’kch’o’n, South P’yo’ngan. He learned “in detail about production”. During the on the spot consultative meeting that was held, “he called for making efforts to implement the behests of the leaders and the Party policy in the do-or-die spirit like the creators of the spirit of Kangwo’n Province” and “measures were taken to accelerate the updating of the production processes and solve the issues arising in the serial production of lorries (Author note: trucks).” He also “discussed the measures to settle the issues arising in the further perfecting the processes of serial production of new-type tractor engines and improving the quality of hosiery to meet the tastes and requirements of the customers when inspecting the Sunch’o’n Engine Factory and Pyongyang Hosiery Factory.”