A short 1965 article from China Reconstructs reporting that more than thirty new textile mills with 1.4 million spindles began operating in China that year. It covers the rise in raw cotton output, the location of new mills in twenty provinces and autonomous regions (including minority areas such as Sinkiang and Inner Mongolia), and the domestic textile machinery industry that supplied the equipment. Photographs show spinning and weaving departments and an aerial view of the Wuhan No. 2 Cotton Mill.