To cope with the present emergency, three adjustment committees have been formed by the Chinese Government, namely, the Trade Adjustment Committee, Agricultural Adjustment Committee and Industrial and Mining Adjustment Committee, according to a Chinese report received from Nanking. They are headed by Mr. K. P. Chen, Mr. Chow Tso-min, and Dr. Gong Wen-hao, respectively. To facilitate transportation, a joint office of the three committees has also been established with Mr. Lu Tso-fu as the director.
According to an order of the Government, all the three committees are charged with the tasks of meeting any difficulty in the agricultural and industrial development of the country, which may arise out of the present crisis. The committees are to establish offices all over the country to render any help which may be needed b; farmers, industrial concerns merchants. It is also pointed out that a loan committee of the four Government banks will look after the financial needs.
Among the programmes mapped out by the Government are the following: maintenance of an equilibrium between the producing and consuming districts of agricultural products; giving necessary help to industrial plants and mining industry; and the maintenance of China's foreign trade, such as the exportation of tea, silk, leather, eggs, vegetable oil, etc.
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