First Five Year Plan (1953-1957)

While electricity may move industry forward, coal is what industry feeds on. And petroleum, or oil, is what courses through the veins of industry. As on the previous page, convenient examples are provided to show what coal and oil actually produce.

Coal feeds industry, 1956 Petroleum is the lifeblood of industry, 1956

But the introduction to the hierarchy of production continues: we learn that the machinery producing industry is at the heart of the heavy industry (below left). The exact positions of the chemical and building materials industries (below right) in the hierarchy are not specified.

Machinery producing industry forms the heart of heavy industry, 1956 Chemical industry, 1956

At the bottom of the hierarchy we find light industry, the sector that produces the daily necessities of the people (below left). Quite remarkable is the low ranking of the military industrial complex (below right).

Light industry supplies the people's daily necessities, 1956 Industry and national defense, 1956

In all cases, specific increases in production are provided that are to be accomplished under this comprehensive plan.

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