Ideological Education and the Early Generation of Hardworking and Pioneering Spirit in Third Line Construction

Abstract

Many workers who just arrived at the third line had ideological problems such as fear of hardship, fatigue, difficulty, and not settling down to work. The Party committees and political departments in third line regions immediately carried out in-depth ideological education. Through education on the situation and task of preparing for war, the strategic idea of constructing third line rooted in workers’ hearts deeply. The Workers, with a posture of facing war, were working against time to engage in construction. Through class education that recalled sufferings in old society and contrasted them with happiness in new society, workers carried out construction with strong class emotions, swearing to protect Socialist New China. By lively learning and utilizing Chairman Mao’s writings, workers improved their thinking, defied difficulties, and dared to fight tough battles, striving to become good workers of Chairman Mao. The effective ideological education made third line construction team quickly become strong, which played a powerful arming thought role in the generation of hardworking and pioneering spirit.