This issue of the features a joint statement with Hungary, highlighting strengthened bilateral relations, socialist solidarity, and commitments to global peace. It details trade and payment agreements with Sri Lanka, including a five-year economic aid plan aligned with Bandung Conference principles. Additionally, it provides directives on managing oilseed procurement to ensure adequate cooking oil supply for domestic and export needs.

This issue contains the text of Zhou Enlai's "Report on the Work of the Government," originally delivered on June 26, 1957. It also contains a protest of the United States' violation of the Korean armistice agreement by importing "new weapons" to South Korea, a note to the British Government protesting the UK's intervention in allowing Chiang Kai-shek's regime to land an aircraft in Hong Kong and bring supporters to Taiwan, Bulgaria-China economic relations, China-Czechoslovakia economic relations, and increasing cooking oil production.

This issue features content about China's relations with Ghana. It also contains sections about rural migration, vegetable oil, shipping, medicine and vaccines, illiteracy, and archives.

This issue features a joint statement from Zhou Enlai and Nepali Prime Minister Tanka Prasad Acharya. It also includes a joint press release about the visit of Indonesian President Sukarno and a telegram from Zhou Enlai about an exhibition of Japanese goods. Other sections discuss state control over purchases and sales of grain, the division of surplus profits from state-owned enterprises, and agricultural production in disaster areas.

This issue first covers several speeches that Zhou Enlai delivered at the Bandung Asian-African Conference. It also features statements about the issue of dual Chinese and Indonesian nationality, including a joint announcement from the prime minister and premier of both countries. The domestic topics include flood control, grain conservation, and vacation time for female employees in state agencies.