This issue highlights China's support for the Soviet Union’s peace proposal, trade agreements with Sweden and Denmark, and measures to stop the migration of rural populations to urban areas. Additional sections cover preferential treatment for service members and their families during the Spring Festival, rules on handling explosives, the People’s Bank of China’s loan interest rates, coal prices from state-owned coal mines, a proposal for a Chinese phonetic alphabet, reforms to minority group writing systems, the inclusion of socialism courses in higher education institutions, rural recruitment for employment, and preventing rushed year-end spending and work completion.

This issue contains content on Sino-Soviet relations, China-India trade agreement, mechanical engineering industry's changes to management system, People's Bank of China improving efficiency of revenue from railroads transportation, Ministry of Agriculture  on preparing for summer harvest and sowing, ministry of water resources on strengthening the work of waterlogging prevention and drainage, enterprises doing heatstroke prevention measures, summer/ fall disease prevention measures, State Council repealing the decision made by Wenshan office about the development of Miao autonomous prefecture. 

Report on Soviet activities in Xinjiang and countermeasures undertaken by the Chinese government.

After the publication of seditious materials in Soviet Kazakhstan, the Xinjiang Foreign Affairs Department updates the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on information related to the materials.

Radio broadcasts and newspapers report on weakening Uyghur culture, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests information regarding these incitements.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivers a draft reply to a Soviet Union memorandum, as requested by Zhou, regarding illegal border crossings.

Premier Zhou requests a response to a Soviet memorandum regarding a blockade of the border, removing Soviet business representatives in Xinjiang, and allowing White Russians to leave Xinjiang.

Consulate personnel are barred from leaving downtown Yining, leading to a violation of local government rules and an investigation of a Soviet official.

Zhang Hanfu and Ambassador Chervonenko debate the massive flight of Chinese nationals from Xinjiang to Soviet Kazakhstan.

A report on the work of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Public Security Ministry in collecting evidence of Soviet wrongdoing in Xinjiang.