The International Labour Offce here has received information from the Chinese international department concerning a big, industrial development scheme which will. be submitted to the Chinese Government shortly providing for tha development of 120,000,000 hectares of land which' at present are not in use, the construction of a mercantile marine of at least eight million tons, the extension of communications and' means of transport and the building of new factories all] ever China, It is estimated the carrying out require 200,000,000 tons of coal, twelve million tons of steel and it} expected the execution of the scheme will occupy a decade, Reuter.
The project was outlined in the Chinese Economic Bulletin which is published weekly in Shanghai by the Bureau of Industrial and Commercial Information of istry Industries. It reads:
The industrial reconstruction programme submitted by the Government to the National People's Convention has been approved after careful, investigation by the Conention's Economic and Financial Investigation Committee, which also recommends certain amendments regarding railway construction and development of the fishing and stock-breeding industries. The Convention, at its 6th regular session held on May 14, adopted a resolution to the effect that the delegates regarded this programme eloquent expression of the determination of the Government the nation's economic!
and that. they must nadeavour "with unstinted energy and unflinching determination," to carry, out this practical project.
As regards funds necessary fo: Jaunching the project, the Convention thinks that, the' whole nation which it represents) being bent on ational reconstruction, must give the Government all the assistance and encouragement it can, The 10 points on the programme are set! forth hereunder, together with the amendments in brackets:—
(1) That the schemes aid down in the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen' "Plans for National Reconstruetion" should be made the basic principles for the material recon struction of China, and that these schemes should be carried out by the National Government different stated periods, (2) That in view of urgent requirements for the country's economic development, the following railways should be complete withthe specified periods:
(a) The Chuchow-Shiuchow seetion of the Canton-Hankow Railway to be completed by the end of 1933; (b) The Lung-Hai Railway: the Tungkwan-Sian section to be com-Pleted by the end of 1932, the Sian-Lanchow section, by the end 1996, and the branch line tween the Grand Canal and wang by June, 1082 Paotow-Ningsia exten: sion of the Peking-Suiyuan Rai way, by June, 19845 (a) The Nanking-Chuchow_ seetion of the projected Nanking Munan Railway, by the end of 1934; chwang Railway, by June, 1992. (Here an amendment, was made to the following effect: for building of other railway as the Canton-Tengyueh, the ton-Chungking, the Tungli Kalgan, the Taonan-Luping, the Kalgan-Dolonor, the Harbin-Taonan and the Szechwan-Kangting lines should.also be made, and their construction completed within speci fied periods.")
(3) That the engineering work 4n, connection with the conservancy, the Huai River should be completed by the end of 1935, and that conservancy work on the Yellow River should "be started by. the Government at the more important parts of that waterway, 0 be com pleted by a specified time.
(4) "That. the first part of the engineering work for the opening, of the Great Southern and Eastern Ports and also of the ports of Hulutao and Haichow should be completed by the end of 1985, (5) That the total mileage of modern highways in the country should be increased to 200,000 kil metres by the end of 1935, and that projected routes be planned by the Government according to the respective need for improved transportation facilities in different parts of the country.
(6) That the air routes in the country should be increased to 50,000 Li (approximately 17,000. miles) and the number of commercial planes to 1,000, and that the Government should devise _means for encouraging such extension, (1) That State shipping enterprises should be increased to between 200,000 and 300,000 tone by' the end of 1995; that, in addition to operating steamship services on inland waterways and along the ocean-going.. services to countries, _particularly snd the Dutch East started and that Governistence and encourage ment be given to private-owned shipping enterprises.
(8) 'That such important. undertakings or basic industries Irrigation facilities, electric plants, steel and iron works, coal and petroleum mining, and manufac ture of heavy chemicals, sugar, ani motor cars should be promptly' started under Government auspices, and that concerns of this charac: ter already started by private persons should be given all possible tance, encouragement, and pro-ion.
(9) That in order to increase the volume and quality of farm produce, scientific: methods should be applied to agriculture; that, besides. the provision of improved irrigation facilities and the application of electric power agricultural industry, attention should be paid to experiments for improvement of farming methods. fete. and stress be laid on the promotion. of afforestation. (here the amended text reads: "as well the development of the fishing and stock-breeding industries"); that in
should be designated as an Experi-every, province one sion' district mental Area, where "model farms should be started; and that details in connection with these schemes should be worked out and executed, by the Government.
(10) That detailed programmes [for the development of the frontier regions in the North-east, North-[west and South-west, tion and development of mining and communication facilities, should be formulated and carried out by the Governm a to local con: ud strategic requirements for national defence..
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.