[3] He served as the first Chairman of the National Planning Commission of North Korea in 1948 and the Vice Prime Minister.

[4][5] In 1957, he was re-elected as deputy member of the Supreme People's Assembly.

He was elected Chairman State Planning Commission in the North Korean Cabinet in September 1948, the 5th Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet on September 20, 1957, the 6th Deputy Prime Minister in October 1958, and the 7th Deputy Prime Minister on October 23, 1962.

[3] JongvJun-thaek had an economics university named after him (Chong Jun Taek Kyongje Daehak) in Kangwon in 1960 and in Wonsan.

[6] He traveled to Syria and Sudan in 1972 on diplomatic missions, meeting President Assad.