This issue includes statements condemning amendments to the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and emphasizing China's solidarity with Japan's peace movements. On a diplomatic front, it records China's establishment of formal relations with Sudan, highlighting reciprocal communications between Mao Zedong and Sudanese leaders. Domestically, it details economic reforms such as adjusting trade and agricultural policies, changes in administrative divisions, and the integration of scientific committees.

This issue highlights speeches delivered during the Fourth Major Conference of the Scientific Planning Commission. It also includes sections on the national science and technology research plan, reorganizing national and local libraries for efficient research, addressing issues in archive and data management, improving the production, repair, and supply of scientific equipment, and enhancing chemical production.

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 anti-rightist campaign, soil and water conservation, adjusting price of beef, construction of scientific research institutions, dietary fiber for livestock, work assignments for recent graduates from higher education institutions, regulations for four year graduate level students, provisions on wages and subsidies after job transfers, compensation for higher education interns and their duty as leaders and technical directors, using animal power for transportation needs, and harvest plans.

This issue contains content on postal and telecommunication agreement between the PRC and Albania, development of freshwater fish, tax authorities' supervision of departments, and changing the time period for awarding scientific prizes by the State Council.

This issue contains content on China's relations with Nepal. It also has sections on the demobilized soldiers, business and commerce, coal production, forestry, ideological and political education, and the 1956 natural science awards.

Song Jian visited the GDR to discuss science and technological exchanges between East Germany and China.