0173 - Self Reliance Yields Tremendous Successes. Thanks to the deep concer...Back

Self Reliance Yields Tremendous Successes. Thanks to the deep concern of great leader Chairman Mao, there has recently been an overall and sharp reduction in the price of medicines and drugs throughout the country, with the rapid growth of pharmaceutical industry. The overall average price is now 37 percent lower than before the cut on August 1, 1969 and 80 percent below that of 1950. Photo shows workers at the Peking Pharmaceutical Plant making medicines.