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different from the "20 articles on industry" in wording, priorities
given and arrangement of sections, although the basic idea is the
Based on what is known of the 1975 programme,
same in both cases.
we can see the main direction of China's industrial development in
the coming years,
Listed below are some of the main points of the
"20 articles on industry," which was later shortened to "18 articles
on industry.
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1. To learn, in real earnest and modesty, all that is advanced
and good in foreign countries and to introduce to our country, in a well
planned and well selected way, advanced technology from foreign
sources.
2. It is essential to increase exports and raise as fast as
possible the percentage held by industrial goods in our exports. Every
department concerned with industry must carry out research work on
the needs in international markets and actively raise the production
of those export items that can earn higher return in foreign exchanges.
Every effort is to be given to developing production as fast as possible
and exporting as much as possible. The practice of paying attention
to import needs only without achieving corresponding increase in
exports must be abandoned. While domestic markets remain the
most important ones for our country with foreign markets serving
as supplementary, the importance of foreign markets should not be
underrated and under no circumstances should they be overlooked,
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