Both items are excellent and can be forwarded.

[1] This refers to the minutes of the Ministry of Metallurgy's June 10, 1970, symposium on
key steel enterprises nationwide, and the report of the Ministry of Coal Industry's military
representative on the June 4th National Coal Industry Conference. The minutes submitted by
the Ministry of Metallurgy stated that from May 13 to June 10, the Ministry of Metallurgy
convened a symposium on key steel enterprises nationwide to convey and implement the
spirit of the National Planning Conference, implement the 1970 steel production and
construction plan, and study the steel industry development plan for 1971 and the Fourth
Five-Year Plan. This year, steel production must be guaranteed at 17 million tons, reaching 40
million tons by 1975. The Third Front steel base would be essentially completed, and a
relatively complete steel industry system with varying levels and characteristics would be
established in each economic zone. To this end, 15 measures were proposed, including
combining soaring revolutionary enthusiasm with a pragmatic and scientific spirit;
continuing to vigorously address the struggle between the two classes, two roads, and two
lines in the economic sphere; decentralizing enterprises to lower levels, fully mobilizing local
initiatives, accelerating the construction of the Third Front; and earnestly implementing the
principles of developing both large, medium, and small enterprises, developing both local
and foreign industries, and relying on self-reliance. The report of the military representative
of the Ministry of Coal stated that from April 10 to 22, a national coal industry conference
was held in the Anyuan mining area in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, to discuss the 1970 coal
industry production increase and conservation plan and the Fourth Five-Year Plan. The
economic and industrial sectors must be discussed and studied. The 1970 coal production
plan is set at 318 million tons, an increase of 2 million tons over the national plan. By 1972,
coal production will have increased significantly, the Third Front coal supply base will be
basically completed, and the nine provinces south of the Yangtze River will be basically selfsufficient in coal. We will strive to become the world's largest coal producer by 1975. To this
end, we must mobilize the masses, launch socialist revolutionary competition and a
campaign to increase production and practice thrift, specifically address class struggle and
line struggle in the economic sphere, carry out in-depth revolutionary mass judgments, tap
the potential of existing mines, increase coal production, focus on addressing weak links in
current production, and accelerate the construction of mines. These are 13 tasks. On June
26, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in its comments forwarding
these two documents, pointed out: "Steel and coal production is not only related to the



speed of national economic development, but also to war preparations. We urge all
provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, major military regions, and provincial
military regions to strengthen their leadership over steel and coal enterprises, further
mobilize the masses, carry forward the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and hard work,
launch a campaign to increase production and save money, and strive to achieve the 1970
production increase targets set out at the conference."