The title of candidate academician was awarded to Won Tong Jin, director of the Orthopedic Hospital under the Korea General Red-Cross Hospital, and others, the degree of professor to Ri Jo Yang, head of a department of Pyongyang University of Mechanical Engineering, and doctorate to Choe Jin Gun and Hong Song Bok who are researchers at the February 8 Vinalon Complex, and Kim Yong Chol, room chief of Kim Chaek University of Technology, and others and the degree of associate professor to 25 intellectuals in recognition of their great successes made in scientific researches and the education of the rising generation and their contributions to the prosperity of the country.