In speaking of the features of the material and technical basis of communism, we must note that the building of this basis is not reduced simply to a quantitative growth or simple increase of production capacities. First and foremost, it presupposes deep-going qualitative changes of the very process of production. Its qualitative features are: the country’s complete electrification and, on that foundation, improved technology and organisation of social production in all spheres of the economy; comprehensive mechanisation of production and an ever-growing scale of automation; broad application of chemistry in the economy; the utmost promotion of new, economically effective branches of production, and the development of new forms of energy and materials; comprehensive and efficient utilisation of natural, material and manpower resources; the closest possible link between science and production, and a rapid rate of scientific and technical progress; a high level of culture and technical know-how among the people; a substantially higher labour productivity than in the leading capitalist countries.