The 4th Central Committee, elected by the congress, reelected Kim Il Sung as WPK Chairman, and a number of deputy chairmen.

[2] Kim Il Sung delivered a six-hour-long report on the work of the 3rd Central Committee since the 3rd Congress (held in 1956).

[1] In his report, Kim Il Sung talked about the economic accomplishments made since the 3rd Congress, the First Seven-Year Plan, Korean reunification, the party's victory over the factionalist tendencies and the international position of the WPK.

[4] He then ended his speech by talking about the WPK's international position, stating that North Korea emphasized the importance of good relations between fraternal socialist countries (telling the Chinese and Soviet delegations that North Korea would remain neutral in the Sino–Soviet dispute).

[6] Of the 57 new members, 25 of them were active in Kim Il Sung's partisan faction while approximately 21 of them were recruited from either the KPA or the LSWY.

[6] All organs of the Central Committee had either one or two partisans while concurrently holding either the post as head or deputy head; for instance, Kim Ik-son served as the chairman of the 4th Inspection Commission, but Kim Chang-dok (a partisan) served as deputy chairman.