This issue covers the current international situation and China's foreign policy, efforts to strengthen the management and education of demobilized soldiers, and a notice on the reorganization of autonomous regions. It also includes details on China-East Germany cooperation in public health, a trade agreement between China and the Soviet Union, regulations on worker retirement, and wages for enterprise employees, general workers, and handymen employed by the State Council. Additionally, it outlines living allowances for apprentices and student interns, regulations for workers visiting their families and associated wages, measures to enhance cooperation between agricultural cooperatives, and a notice supporting the Communist Youth League in promoting simultaneous work and study initiatives.

This issue features a political report from Zhou Enlai, which discusses the Five-Year Plan, the transformation of Chinese intellectuals, the United States, and Taiwan. It also conveys instructions from the Department of Higher Education, the Ministry of Health, the Sports Committee, and the New Democracy Youth League (later the Communist Youth League) to further develop sports in colleges and universities. Other sections cover various administrative concerns, including the division of districts in Shanghai, the establishment of Guixi Tong Autonomous Prefecture in Guangxi, and the transfer of towns from Jilin Province to Inner Mongolia.

Two department heads of the Cuban general staff (revolutionary education and film departments) spoke with the military attache to the Chinese embassy in Cuba. They discussed morale of the Cuban troops, relations with other socialist countries and the American airplane shot down over Cuba.