The place of the German Democratic Republic in the system of international socialist division of labor in the mining industry is determined by factors common to all countries and specific only for the GDR. The factors favorable for the development of the mining industry of the GDR include the following:1) large reserves and a significant amount of lignite and potassium salts;2) the development of electricity production, chemical and some other industries corresponding to the reserves;3) highly developed production of mining machinery and equipment, especially for surface mining;4) advanced technology and progressive technology of mining, beneficiation and processing of many types of minerals.

The German Democratic Republic is an integral part of the world system of socialism and actively participates in the international socialist division of labor. The interstate division of labor, being the most important economic regularity of the development of the world socialist system, is becoming more and more important in accelerating the rate of expanded socialist reproduction and harbors inexhaustible possibilities for the flourishing of each socialist country and the world socialist commonwealth as a whole.

Среди богатейшего идейного наследства, оставленного В. И. Ле­ниным, важное место занимает кооперативный план. Учение В. И. Ле­нина о кооперации как главном пути приобщения к социализму многомиллионных крестьянских масс является основой аграрной по­литики пролетариата в переходный период от капитализма к социа­лизму. Коммунистические и рабочие партии стран народной демокра­тии, опираясь на ленинский кооперативный план и творчески используя опыт социалистического преобразования сельского хозяйства в Совет­ском Союзе, успешно осуществляют кооперирование крестьян­ства.