新中国成立前,新疆经济十分落后,百业凋零,物资奇缺,广大农村异常贫困。1949年全疆工农业总产值仅7.2亿元(以1980年不变价计),其中工业产值仅占0.5%。12月25日中央军委发布《关于1950年军队参加生产建设工作的指示》,决心在全军立即开展大生产运 Before the founding of New China, Xinjiang’s economy was very backward with all kinds of businesses withered off, supplies were scarce, and vast rural areas were extremely poor. In 1949, Xinjiang’s total industrial and agricultural output value was only 720 million yuan (1980 constant price dollars), of which only 0.5% of industrial output value. On December 25, the Central Military Commission issued the “Directive on the 1950’s Army’s Participation in Production and Construction Work” and determined to immediately conduct mass production operations in the entire army