Annual Report, 1971

Includes: Rebuilding of the Party continues with formation of provincial party committees including experienced officials. October 1st parade is cancelled and Lin Piao and Huang Yung-Sheng disappear. Reduced emphasis on the Mao image. Agreement to visit by President Nixon. United Nations accepts China as a member by vote on October 26th and expel Taiwan. Total of countries extending diplomatic recognition rises to 65. "Ping-pong" diplomacy appears. The USA eases trade and travel restrictions. Relations with the Soviet, Japan, and Great Britain. Greater freedom in the exchange of visits. Reduction in the number of Central Government offices. Improvement of social services, encouragement of family planning, medical advances. More educational establishments re-open, teaching of English. Agriculture. Good harvests despite adverse weather. Estimated grain output and purchases of wheat. Improvement in farming technique and equipment. Industry. Official figures released for the first time in eleven years. Increase in overall production. Output and progress of steel, petroleum products, natural gas, power generation, chemical fertilisers, cement. The Fourth Five Year Plan, probable policy. Economy campaign. Technical advances. Communications. Increases in goods carried. Construction of railways, roads including Sinkiang to Gilgit which give through route to Karachi. River and canal navigation improvements. Ships launched, ordered and bought. Purchase of Ilyushin and Tridents, interest in the Concorde. Air agreement with Canada. International Trade. Shares of Communist and free world countries in China trade. Figures of trade for the years 1966 to 1971 with Non-communist countries, Communist countries and the total trade of all countries. China appoint a Minister of Foreign Trade and strengthens the department. Trade and payment agreements. Arrangements for the direct purchase of copper to the detriment of the UK Trade with Japan, Hong Kong, West Germany, France, Sweden and others. USA/China trade. Economic Aid. The Tan-Zam Railway. List of other recipients. Probable increase in aid with UN membership. Donations. UK –China Trade. Figures of trade for the years 1967 to 1971. Exchanges of visits. Reasons for the decline in exports. Contracts for aircraft and gas turbines. Visit of the Chairman to Peking [Beijing] and discussion of Exhibition in 1973. Detailed figures of imports and exports for the years 1969 to 1971 Main groups, and commentary. Hongkong - China Trade. Figures of trade for the years 1967 to 1971 with commentary. Estimate of remittances to China. Taiwan. Figures of trade for the years 1968 to 1971. A notable increase. Total trade for 1971, an increase of 32.7%. The Association. Sino-British Trade Council activities. Visits of Chinese missions. The Chairman is awarded the K.C.M.G. Chronological Summary. From March to November 1971. UK /China telephone link. USA. relaxes controls on currency transactions with China, later eases the trade embargo. President Nixon accepts an invitation to visit China. List of Missions visiting the UK Countries exchanging diplomatic relations with China. Appendix. Trade of individual Non-communist and of communist countries with China for the years 1969 to 1971.

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