Annual Report, 1963-64

Includes: Statement on the withdrawal of experts and the abrogation of contracts by the USSR, effect on trading policy. Economic policy. Agricultural and industrial output. Foreign trade, the balance of payments, repayment of credits. Visit of Mr Lu Hsu-Chang, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade. The Foreign Trade of China. Figures of total trade for the years 1958 to 1963. Trade with Non-communist Countries. Trading policy as affected by the purchase of cereals. Orders for complete plants. Trade with Communist Countries. Progressive fall since 1959. USSR official figures for trade with China for the years 1959 to 1962. Effect on exports of the defaults on plant contracts and China's progress in the repayment of debts. Trade of the Eastern bloc countries with China for the years 1959 to 1962. Finance. Budget outturn for 1963. Balance of payments, repayments to the USSR, cereal purchases. The Canton [Guangzhou] Fair. April and September experience. Trade and Aid Agreements. Details. Industry. Priorities. Domestic production of plant. Tractor output. 1963 plan for the chemical industry, production of chemical fertilisers, and artificial fibres. New mines. Output of minerals, steel and power. Agriculture. Cereal production, grain imports. Other crops. Product of side occupations. The communes. Establishment of an agricultural bank. Experiment of intensive development of selected areas. Consumption of chemical fertilizers. Transport and Power. Little railway construction. Air Agreement with Pakistan, inter-line agreements with C.A.A.C. and B.O.A.C. Delivery of Viscounts begins. Yangtsze opened for deep draft vessels to Chungking. New gas fields in Szechuan. Electric power for rural areas. Trade Between China and the United Kingdom. Figures for the years 1960-1963. Upturn in 1963 following the visit of Mr Lu Hsu-Chang. Easier visiting arrangements. Analysis of exports by main groups for the years 1960-1963. Analysis of imports from China for the years 1960 to 1963 with commentary. Exhibitions. Four Company exhibition in 1963 and plans for 1964. Quotas. Increases and performance. Visits. Numerous technical parties. Hongkong Trade with China. Figures for the years 1958 to 1963. Hong Kong as a source of foreign currency. Taiwan. Figures for trade with the UK for the years 1961 to 1963. The first year to produce a favourable balance of trade. Restriction of textile exports to the UK The Association. Death of Dr Chi Chao-Ting. Chairman becomes President of the SBTC. Chronological Summary for the period Feb 7th 1963 to Dec 14th 1963, includes: - Statement on the Status Quo of Hong Kong and Macao. Visit of Vice-Minister Lu Hsu-Chang. Moscow talks. China statement on the breaking by the USSR of its agreement to supply China with Nuclear Weapons technique. Humphreys & Glasgow contract for the erection of a fertiliser plant. Meetings of the Supreme State Council and the National People’s Congress. Trade Statistics. World Trade of China for the years 1950 to 1957 showing the communist/others proportions. Sino-Soviet trade for the years 1950 to 1962 Trade of Eastern European Countries for the years 1959 to 1962. Trade of Selected Countries with China for the years 1962 and 1963.

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