This issue includes instructions on the treatment of rural farmers, a civil affairs work plan, the establishment of counties and the revocation of autonomous prefectures, a trade agreement between China and Egypt, and technology cooperation between China and Yugoslavia. It also discusses agriculture, measures to strengthen the Ministry of Forestry’s production level, an afforestation campaign, public health initiatives, arrangements for primary and secondary school students’ winter break, construction of school buildings and improvements in education, and an order for flags to be lowered to half-staff to mark the passing of Romania's Grand National Assembly Chairman.

This issue contains content on China's efforts to cooperate with Romania and Czechoslovakia in the fields of science and technology, preventing the migration of people from rural areas to urban areas, water irrigation works and fertilizer accumulation campaign, development of advanced agricultural tools, supporting higher education students participation in scientific research for businesses and enterprises, strengthening middle school and normal schools anti-rightist thought curriculum, and heating subsidies for work units.

This issue contains content on the boundary between China and Myanmar, the establishment of autonomous regions in Guangxi and Ningxia, China-Romania economic exchanges, a Ministry of Supervision investigation natural disasters, commemorating the PLA, heatstroke prevention, pest control, and taxation policies.

Socialist bloc diplomats analyze the latest developments in China's foreign and domestic policies.

Peng Zhen and Barbu Zaharescu discuss China's "great famine."