An interplanetary ship flies from Earth to Mars and finds itself in an amazing state where cat people live... This is how the famous Chinese writer Lao She’s novel “Notes on the Cat City” begins. In this work, close in spirit to “The History of a City” by Saltykov-Shchedrin or “The Island of Penguins” by A. France, the author wittily depicted government institutions, the army, the economic and educational system, scholastic science, official art, based on orders, although destructive for country, but, unfortunately, very tenacious. Much in this novel will remind readers of our reality.