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Includes: Report of Premier Chou En-Lai to the National People’s Congress on the success of the policy of giving priority to agriculture, the period of economic adjustment and retrenchment beginning the phase of consolidation. This to continue during 1965, in readiness for the Third Five Year Plan beginning 1966. Production, prices, the budget, foreign trade. The task for 1965 for agriculture and industry. Continuing estrangement with the USSR, and consequently in the diversification of trade. Capital equipment orders for the west Agriculture. Tendency of the farmer to revert to capitalism. The decision to concentrate on key areas. Flood control, irrigation, afforestation. The supply of hand tools, facilities for maintenance of mechanical equipment. Number of tractors in use. Chemical fertilizers, production and supply. Estimates of crop yields. Imports of cereals and cotton. Industry. Policy and achievements. Technical advances, self-sufficiency in plant and machinery. Detonation of a nuclear device. Steel, the industry and its output. Tinplate production begins. Coal, Output, equipment and development. Oil, New field at Taching. Output and claimed self-sufficiency, prices. Chemicals, artificial fibres, plastics, mercury. Electric Power, capacity, turbo-generators from USSR for the San Men dam. Minerals, discoveries of iron ore, lead, nickel aluminium, sulphur, phosphorus, oil and natural gas. Capital Goods. List of plant orders placed with foreign suppliers. International Trade. 1964 increase, repayment of debts to the USSR. Capital goods purchases from the USSR. Beginning of trade with Cuba. Figures for trade for the years 1959 to 1963 with communist and other countries. Balance of Trade. Figures for the years 1961 to 1963. Estimates of the balance in free currency. Effect of the repayment of the debts to the USSR. Chen Ming on trade policy and the need for foreign currency reserves. Sino-Japanese trade, difficulties over the extension of long term credits for capital goods. Trade missions in and out. Economic Aid. List of agreements. Chou En-Lai on the targets for 1965. Domestic Affairs. Stability of the currency, bank deposits, retail prices, domestic bonds. Trade Mark registration. Shanghai textile trade Fair. Communications. Length of railways and domestic air routes, external air services. Nanking [Nanjing] Bridge over the Yangtsze. Air traffic agreement with BOAC. Lloyds Register of Chinese tonnage, shipbuilding. China and the United Kingdom. Improved relations. Trade Exhibitions, exchange of visits, English language studies. Orders for capital goods. Trade figures for the years 1960 to 1964. Effect of years of bad harvests. Sizes of silver. Detailed comparison of Imports and Exports with commentary. Import quotas. Report of three Trade Exhibitions. Replacement of Li Chou-Chih as Commercial Counsellor by Li Meng-Hou. Hongkong-China Trade. Trade figures for the years 1961 to 1964. Supply of water from China. Taiwan. Reduction of US Aid, growth rate. Trade with the UK Association Affairs. Close relations with the S.B.T.C. and the function of the Association therein. Retirement of Mr W.B. Kennett. Trade Statistics. Selected Non-Communist countries 1963 and 1964 Sino-Soviet 1959 to 1964. Eastern European countries 1961 to 1963 and unofficial estimates of trade with North Korea, North Vietnam, Albania and Cuba. Chronological Summary. Includes: Establishment of diplomatic relations with Burundi, France, Congo (B) and trade agreements with Ghana, Zanzibar, Italy and Kenya. Discovery of the Taching Oilfield, explosion of nuclear bomb. British import surcharge.
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