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.