1. Hereby, the Provisional Regulations on Military Transport by Rail are formulated, to be promulgated and implemented effective immediately.
2. All field armies, military region organs and troops at all levels belonging to the People's Liberation Army, as well as the General Railway Bureaus, Railway Administration Bureaus, and stations belonging to the Ministry of Railways of this Commission, must earnestly implement these regulations and shall not violate them.
3. From the date of promulgation of these regulations, all military transport regulations and measures previously issued by various military organs and railway bureaus that are in conflict with these regulations are hereby null and void.

Chairman Mao Zedong
Vice-Chairmen Zhu De Liu Shaoqi
Zhou Enlai Peng Dehuai
April 10, the 38th year of the Republic of China