PYONGYANG, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Monday that it had made great achievements in economy through the "150-day campaign" aimed at boosting the country's economic growth.

    The official KCNA news said the economy-development campaign, from April 20 to Sept. 16, concluded in a great success, citing a report issued by the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

    During the period, the country's industrial sectors overfulfilled the set targets by 12 percent and many factories even fulfilled the production quota for the whole year, the reportsaid. The light industry sector and the agricultural sector had also made big progress on their "independence, modernization and scientific approach", the report said.

    The report said the success of the DPRK's economy showed that "no sanctions on the part of the imperialists can work on us."

    The report also called for launching another "100-day campaign," which was the "final charge for glorifying this year as a year of great changes" to the country and "a springboard from which to achieve greater success next year."

    The report said that the DPRK was an ideological power and military power in this world and only needed to build the economicpower to achieve the goal of "great prosperous powerful nation."

    The frog-jumping style campaign of boosting economy was seen asan effective way to build an economic power, it added.

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