NORTHEAST TO BECOME IRON, STEEL CENTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600280831-8
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 831
• Publication Date: February 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR EXPANSION -- Wen-hui Pao, 4 Jan 50
Pei-ping, 2 January, (NCNA) -- The Ministry of Heavy Industries of the
Central People's government called a convention of experts and responsible
personnel from all regional administrative districts, including the North-
east, on 16 uecember. At t' is meeting, it was decided to :hake the, Northeast,
the key area for the production of iron and steel. Greater allocation of
capital investments will be made for the Northeast to expand industrial in-
stallations.
The meeting discussed varir us technical problems, including those in-
volving the proper production ratio to be maintained in producing various
types of iron and steel, such as pig iron, rolled' steel, etc.
There is a marked lack of technicians in the iron and steel industry
th4oughout China, especially in the Northeast. Only 0.71 percent of China's
iron and steel workers could be classed as skilled workmen. For these rea-
sons, the convention decided to draw top-grade technicians from other sectors
of China and transfer them immediately to the Northeast.
It also determined that a system of distributing trained college gradu-
ates in the field of heavy industry would have to be worked out. In the
training of personnel. it seemed logical that the area in which these tech-
nicians operate should assume the main responsibility for their education;
Training programs and night schools will be established by every enterprise
to increase the technical knowledge of workers and foremen.
Important questions invol'Ting wages and benefits, supply, organization
and distribution faced the convention. All problems were tackled with a
great deal of enthusiasm, as well as a firm determiniation to ferret out
workable solutions to raise China's heavy industry program to the level it
should enjoy.
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STEEL ilflJ. RECOVERY INCOMPLETE - Oen-hui Pao, 5 Jan 50
At present, only Furnace No 1 of the Shih-ching-shan Iron and Steel Workb
near Pei-p'ing is in operation. No steel is being produced due to the shortage
of raw materials, but each day 200 tons of coke, 150 tons of cast iron, and 40
tons of iron piping are turned out. Furnace No 1 is fired every 4 hours and
yields 30 tons of iron for each firing. Fifty coke furnaces complete the coking
process every 30 hours.
mines. The iron ore used in the refinLng process must be transported from the
Furnace No 2 was destroyed by the Nationalists when they retreated, placing
Of the 4,000 workers, 2,000 have Joined the local union.