From that moment, he appeared many times alongside Kim Jong-il during numerous visits to military units.

During the 3rd Workers' Party of Korea Conference on September 28, 2010, he was elected a member of the Central Military Commission, the body of the Workers' Party of Korea responsible for military affairs, and also sat on the Central Committee for the first time.

After the death of the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il in December 2011, Jong Myong-do was in 65th place in the 232-person Funeral Committee.

[1] This testified to the formal and actual belonging of Jŏng Myŏng to the close political leadership of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

According to specialists, places on such lists defined the rank of a politician in the hierarchy of the power apparatus.