DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATION, TRAVEL, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CHINA DISTRICT

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2007
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• Publication Date: July 14, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Two years were requited to complete the training.
classified as a junior agriculturalist and veterinary surgeon.ancT would serve in
the Agricultural Productive Cooperative. This cooperative was organized by fellow,
farmers to promote large-scale production. In ten or so Tears,, when the?\Chinese
society becomes a socialist society, agricultural productive cooperatives will
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Bch 0 o ra Provi ce ` 1684+ 2639 16 /5 99A682/6 1 . 1 2I.1~ 8go%i331/
locate n the no herd sub .bs f Habm ng ~N 21 E 3l -53~ 8s?eny had
16n and board supplied by the government The student',, hexer, had to pro-
vide his own books. After completing a three-year course the student would be
The Firr t Middle School of Chiangmenshih (3068/7024/1579/457 :/Op01/0022/133~,
located in Hsinhui (N 22-34, E 111-06) $sien, Kwangtung, had senior and Junior
middle schools,. There were---:500 students and over-200 teachers; The school,, the
largest middle-school in central Kwangtung, had a large campus and good environment.
Under the support of the party, many students were sent out after completion of
their education to work on the native land,
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Developments in Education, Travel,
Agriculture, aiid:;Commerce -.? .',
.in Central and South. China District
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An applicant for an exit permit was refused but was informed that if
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the chairman of the Farmers9 Association, his exit permit would be granted,l
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Agricul ure
7. After two years of drought, cultivation in the farming areas was difficult. Many
disasters had worsened the situation to the extent of wiping out most of the 195+
crop.
8. The problem of meeting government grain quotas was an increasingly difficult one.
The government..bad_f'ixed._ a .rate of 30 percent on a farmer ve crop as the surplus with
the guarantee of an adequate food supply to the farmer. If a farmer could meet the
surplus quota and was paid for it, he could purchase other food stuffs. If he
did, however, he probably would be accused of hoarding. In one case, a family of
five had requested a ration of 980 cattier of grain. Only 210 cattier of the
980 were allotted as the food supply for 6 months. This farm program had sent many
farmers to the cities.
a man a wrist watch {1( jewels) .and a Parker 51 fountain pen could be presented to
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9.. The farmers had gathered capital to organize commercial cooperatives, which were
under government control. In the cooperative= land and tools could be invested as
capital. With ,work distributed to all, a merit system was employed among the
farmers. All farm products and commodities were to be sold to this cooperative and
then resold to the people. In 8anhohsu.(0005/0678/1071+) there was only one coopera-
tive; the rest of the shops were used for storage., If farmers were short of food,
they had to apply for a ration permit. Obtaining the ration permit would not assure
them of food at once, since a series of investigations had to be made first.
ernment Regulations
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the Communists that they had no business left. Regardless of this lack of business,
the government forced the people to keep their businesses in operation.
12. The larger commercial concerns had been forced to change their line to industrial
production and accept government management. Private enterprise was to be
eliminated, and everjrthing would eventually belong to the government.
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13. There was.a control on commodities, and food stuffs were. obtainable. only through
government cooperatives:. In.Niutzuhsu (3662/0098/107+) Only two ' meat and two fish
shops remained open,.
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population in Canon was 1 tween 1, 6000.
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