THE FIRST TASKS OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT 1
Ⅰ．CHINA＇S TRADITIONAL ECONOMY 3
Ⅱ．THE ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY 17
Ⅲ．THE PERIOD OF ECONOMIC REHABILITATION，1949-52 23
THE FIVE-YEAR PLANS 33
Ⅳ．THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLANNING MACHINERY 35
Ⅴ．THE FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN 48
Ⅵ．THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD 59
Ⅶ．SOVIET AID 79
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK 87
Ⅷ．THE TREATMENT OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE 89
Ⅸ．THE NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS 102
Ⅹ．THE ORGANIZATION OF LABOUR 116
Ⅺ．FOREIGN TRADE 129
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE 139
Ⅻ．LAND REFORM 141
ⅩⅢ．THE COLLECTIVIZATION OF AGRICULTURE 148
ⅩⅣ．THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 169
ⅩⅤ．THE CONTROL OF CONSUMPTION 186
THE PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE 198
ⅩⅥ．THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY 199
ⅩⅦ．CONCLUSIONS 212
STATISTICAL APPENDIX 216
1．Output of Leading Industrial Products 217
2．Value of Industrial Production 218
3．Production of Major Agricultural Crops 219
4．Capital Investment in Different Sectors of the Chinese Economy，1952-5 220
5．Livestock Population 221
6．Development of Agricultural Mutual Aid and Co-operation 222
7．Value of Public and Private Retail Sales of Commodities 223
SELECT BIBLOGRAPHY 224
INDEX 225
Railways of China 225