Jendeavour—tnancial, economic, industrial and agricuitural—and often Jalso into the philosophy underlying Jpublie policy "in foreign lands. In short, China can count to-day on limen with the requisite expert know-fledge and clear understanding of Jtheir own technical needs and of the ype of reform or improvement re-Jquired. Except for some specialized [domains, these men and their younger associates are capable of meeting lurider favourable general conditions the exigencies of the situation, But Jonly a few have as yet shared the four den and responsibility of office; Jand while knowledge of the problems Htacing the leading countries and the manner in which they are. mei is. generally accurate and at times illuminated, they have! spot had abroad, save in _exeep~ tional cases, opportunities for definite Jassociation in the practice of public fife or of industrial enterprise, or of the application of economic policies.
She constitution and structure of June League's technical organization Jpermit of considerable elasticity, and [it can therefore tind adequate utilize tion in further supplementing the modalities of collaboration. There is Ino. doubt that greater emphasis should be Jald on visits of Chinese specialists abroad. than has hitherto been the case. At present contacts Jabroad are limited mainly to diploma. ists and such eminent intellectuals us Jare fully conversant with foreign languages. Technical contacts jrween men holding responsible positions in economic and public 1if6 Jshould be multiplied and placed on Jan. organized basis, is avall-Jable in the Secretariat of the League Jand at the International Labour Office Jo wealth of unique material and a very special technical experience got Jevolution. China participates Jprocess "perhaps more acutely than Jmany other countries. The Revolu-ions of 1911, 1925 and. 1927 have relationships, from obsolete customs Jor economic' activity, goclal life, and system of education, 'The present stage marked by a search for a new structure for economic and. financial faevelopment, for' social. transform tion and a new political orientation. The technical collaboration through tie League should: provide facilities fcr a clove working association with men la institutions' having. technical responsibility in the various countries for framing and executing policies in the spheres of economic activity and Jeconomic and ° social reform. The following may be some of the con Jerete forms of this association Forms of Association (Q) Systematic and planned utilize tion of the archives of the Secretariat of the League and the Labour Office under the guidance and with the experi-fence of the staff members of the two institutions.
Similar facilities might be arranged with the Secretariat the Bank of International Seuement, of various national economic and planning -coun-lis, and indeed leading in-in Burope and the ions and subcommittee of the League and the Labour Office should invite active participation, not only their sessions, "but parti ocularly in their conerete studies, of Chinese specialists who will be found among the group of men whose competence and interests have just been de-
Experimental and other _investigation of certain technical problems, affecting Chinese reconstruction may be entrusted to leading institutions of econo-mie and industrial study abroad, with the understanding that Chinese specialists should participate in' the conduct of these studies; the precise method would" clearly "depend on the nature of the question to be investigated.
The practice established by. the Health Organization of giving facilities to senior technical officers of the Government for acquiring special experience with foreign services of a Kindred character, if spread to other fields, would prove of stitute of Intellectual Cooperation for the guidance of the studies of young Chinese students abroad, if properly developed, may prove of great (Continued from page 214.) would beg leave to examine with the Technical Organizations and with the Labour Office the appro priate methods which may be re-Jeommended in relation to the various jeategories of problems and of individual experience. After a de-{alled examination of these possibilities the Standing Advisory Committee and the Labour Office would: Ibe ina position to present concrete proposals, Larger Appropriation "phe final decision of the Central authorities to appropriate $15,000,000 for the activities of the National Economic Council in 1984, or three times the amount spent during the preceding two years, ought to give Assistance and" encouragement to provincial authorities in areas which {he Government has deemed proper to. afford guidance for economic activity in the few selected fields.
"ie report further points out that ithe expenditure of the Economic [Council since its establishment Yos1 and until October 1, 1993, hat totalled. $4,550,000, this sum havin been provided "s the National Gov= in. the chapter on agriculture sr. Rajchman declares that the funda mental factors of agrarian distress fare the low output, the high cost of fered it facilities, the burden of taxa ion (particularly of surtaxes), and fin vast areas the harsh and unecono~ mie system of land tenure, Of the economic and social factors, he says, the system of tenancy is perhaps the most disquieting, and closely related this problem' is that of the small size of holdings.
Roadbullding Programme The roud-building programme of ounelh for 1034 is The Sev Highway [Scheme is to be continued, and as result of the road-building oper% tons scheduled for the year 4,800 kilometres of motor road will 'Be Ancorporated into the inter provincial highway system. A start Fralso to be made in extending this system to other provinces, and 1994 It s proposed for this purpose to bulla 691 kilometres of highway. Roads will also be built in' Shensi and Kansu in connection with the [programme for rehabilitation of the North-West. One of these is the [Lanchow-Kulang section of the Lan-Jchow-Huchow line, and another the Sian-Hanchung line. It is proposed false to complete the improvement of the highway between Sian and Lane chow. In view of the general imeof this highway, the Na~ ffignal Economic Council "has made arrangements with the two provinces {for operating a bus service between Sianfu and Lanchow, and an appro priation has been set aside for the Purpose in the budget. This ro stretching between Sianfu, capital Shensi, and Lanchow, Kansu, represents an important for of an historic highway connect with the populous and beyond.
along this route that the silk caravans were despatched 0 Asin Minor for trade with the Western world.
Owing to the distressed state of the provinces it is proposed that the Economic Council should in this case depart from its custom of lending forty per cent. of the cost of con: struction and should itself bear the entire expense, The seven provinces concerned in the scheme are Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Hupeh. and Honan.
in other chapters the following remarks are made:
"The Commission for the Rationalization of the Cotton Industry, estab-Lighed last autumn, will during its first year confine itself chiefly to measures for Improving the raw material.
"The decrease in the export of sie is one of the most striking features of the economic situation and is out fof proportion to that exhibited by the' total foreign silk trade as a result of world depression, "Arrangements have been made for fa technical officer commissioned by the Economic Council to go to Europe this summer to study schemes and seek counsel on water conservancy Droblems and river contra.
"A three-year plan for development lof the Central Health Service has just been carried to completion. The participation in field activities in the feountry is manifested by public Health work in nine provinces and 35. localities.
the field of education, Fernand Maurette, assistant director fof the International Labour Office, made a study this spring of practice reforms enforced by the Ministry of Education since 1032. Me will report hig Andings to the International Com~ mittee for Intellectual Ca-operation Jand the League.
Besides the sections of the report mentioned above, an entire chapter {is devoted to the reconstructive activ. ity of the Government as outlined by atr, Wang Ching-wel, president of the Executive Yuan, last" Febreary
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