Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Directive on Present Problems in Industry, 15 September 1961

Abstract

During the three years of the Great Leap Forward, China’s industrial construction has achieved great successes. Targets for the major industrial products under the Second Five-year Plan have been achieved ahead of schedule. Equipment in basic industries has been increased and technical capacity has developed rapidly. Some new industrial sectors have begun to be established. The self-sufficiency rate of key materials and equipment has been greatly increased. The regional distribution of industry has become more rational than in the past, and we have a better knowledge of geological resources. In industrial technology many effective techniques have been developed and significant progress has been made in technical and scientific research. At the same time, the Party’s leadership has been strengthened in industrial construction and Party committees at various levels have begun to gain ability in directing industry. Mass movements in enterprises have been significantly developed so that the political consciousness of the industrial workforce has been raised remarkably. All of these achievements have created a sound base for building China into a socialist country with modern industries, modern agriculture, modern defence and modern science, which will be of profound significance in our socialist construction.

‘Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Directive on Present Problems in Industry, 15 September 1961’, Zongguo Gongye Jingii Fagui Huibian 1949–1981 (collection of Economic Laws and Regulations on China’s Industry 1949–1981) Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Industrial Economics Research Institute, Materials Office (Beijing: no publisher given, 1981).