This issue contains the joint statement by Zhou Enlai and the Prime Minister of Afghanistan, as well as sections on public security regulations, punishments for actions harming public security, processes for repaying agricultural enterprise loans, unified management of rural agricultural production, urban, industrial, and mining area improvements, regulations on pork supply, and a vegetable oil subsidy for high-ranking officials.

This issue covers the second plenary session of the CCP Central Committee and outlines plans for Zhou Enlai to visit seven countries, including the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It also addresses other topics, such as trade between Tibet and Nepal, controlling counter-revolutionaries, and the Third Ministry of Machine Building for aviation.

Analysis of the recent Chinese nuclear weapon test and it's strategic implications for China's diplomatic and military policies.

K.R. Narayanan, Director of China Division at Ministry of External Affairs, writes that the explosion of the first nuclear bomb by China will alter the political balance of Asia and the world and development of nuclear weapons by India can be justified and beneficial for the country and the international system as well.