Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Line Research Articles

Our Basic Experience [Excerpts

Now I will make a report on the basic experience we have acquired under the guidance of Chairman Mao's revolutionary line in the past seventeen years.

Economic Accounting in Yantai [Chefoo] District Highway Transport Company

The Yantai District Highway Transport Company was formerly the Jiaodong Transport Brigade established by merging the Automobile Brigade of Jiaodong Depot of the East China Military Region with the Transportation Section under the Jiaodong Bureau of Industry and Commerce. In 1949 it only had 700 staff and workers and had at its disposal less than a hundred motor vehicles captured from the enemy. Guided by Chairman Mao's revolutionary line, this transport company has made great progress over the last twenty-eight years. It now has 3,722 staff and workers and 729 motor-vehicles in operation. It carries out the task of transporting both passengers and freight on the trunk highways in the whole district, serving as its main force on the highway transport front. Since it launched the campaign to learn from Daqing in industry in 1964, it has overfulfilled the state plan ahead of schedule each year for fourteen years in a row.

Outline Report on the Work of the Academy of Sciences (Revised Draft) (September 1975)

Abstract The entire system of the Chinese Academy of Sciences now comprises ninety-three scientific research institutes and a total of thirty-six thousand staff members, of whom twenty-five thousand are scientific and technical personnel. Since merging with the State Scientific Commission in 1970, the Academy has also become responsible for reconstituting [kuei-k'ou] and administering scientific and technical work across the country. We are now reporting on the orientation and tasks of scientific research work in the Academy, the problem of how to implement thoroughly Chairman Mao's revolutionary line on scientific and technical research, and the problem of readjustment necessary in order to implement [this line]. We will report separately on the planning of scientific and technical work in the whole country and also on the problem of reconstituting and administering [scientific work].

Some Problems on the Acceleration of Industrial Development (Draft for Discussion, September 2, 1975)

Abstract On Chairman Mao's instructions, the Second Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee and the Fourth National People's Congress put forth the splendid task of developing our national economy during the next twenty-five years. The first stage is to build an independent and relatively comprehensive industrial and economic system before 1980; the second stage is to bring about the comprehensive modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology before the end of the century so that our national economy will be advancing in the front ranks of the world. The next decade is the crucial period for accomplishing the two aforementioned stages of the plan. Under the guidance of Chairman Mao's revolutionary line, we must work hard and bring about a new leap forward in our national economy.

Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Line Guides the Rapid Development of the Petrochemical Industry

Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Line Guides the Rapid Development of the Petrochemical Industry

Keng Piao's Talk on "A Turning Point in China-U.S. Diplomatic Relations" (Excerpts)

Abstract The Soviet Union is no longer the Soviet Union of twenty years ago. But the U.S. remains the same as she was twenty years ago and is one of the two superpowers. The U.S. still maintains a capitalist system domestically, and, externally, continues to accelerate the expansion of its military preparedness and the nuclear race. The Seventh Fleet is still haughtily plying the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. no longer has military bases in Thailand and not a soldier in Vietnam, but she still has military bases in the Philippines, a large contingent of troops stationed in South Korea, air bases in Okinawa, and troops stationed in Europe. The U.S. has declined in military strength in comparison with the past and has thus become less flagrant in her behavior. But she has not changed her aggressive nature. For this reason, we should not only direct the spearhead of our struggle at the Soviet revisionists but also should not miss any opportunity to continue directing it at the U.S. Now we seldom use the term "U.S. imperialism" and use instead "one of the two superpowers." Does this mean that we have discarded the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism and no longer oppose imperialism and colonialism? So far, quite a few comrades still have very nebulous ideas on this question while many fraternal parties do not understand or even misinterpret it. We must carry out educational and propaganda work, talk the matter over, and constantly cite evidence from both sides of the question so as to help everyone understand thoroughly Chairman Mao's revolutionary line in foreign policy. Soviet revisionism and U.S. imperialism have always been the source of war. In the current international situation, this fact remains unchanged.

Carry out the Task of Educating Cadres in Accordance with Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Line: The Central State Organs Convene a "May 7" Cadre School Work Conference to Discuss the Question of How to Run "May 7" Cadre Schools Better

Carry out the Task of Educating Cadres in Accordance with Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Line: The Central State Organs Convene a "May 7" Cadre School Work Conference to Discuss the Question of How to Run "May 7" Cadre Schools Better

Produce More Coal for the Revolution

Abstract Our mine has been operating for half a century. In 1962, when influenced by the revisionist line, some alleged that the mine shafts were on the verge of decline. The daily output of the whole mine would go down by 1,000 tons every year, and it would come to a shutdown in the seventies. The allegation frustrated the revolutionary initiative of the staff and workers and caused the coal output to fall off year after year. Since the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, staff and workers of the whole mine, guided by Chairman Mao's revolutionary line, have grasped revolution and promoted production. Their spiritual outlook has undergone a great change, and the old mine has been revitalized by the youthful spirit of revolution. The state plan has been exceeded for eight years in a row, with increased output amounting to more than a million tons annually, as much as that of a large-sized mine shaft. The Campaign to Criticize Lin Piao and Confucius initiated another new phase. The current output of the T'ang-chia-chuang Mine doubles that of 1965.

An Important Experience In The Revolution In Education

Our great leader Chairman Mao said: Why did Lenin speak of exercising dictatorship over the bourgeoisie? This question must be thoroughly understood. Lack of clarity on this question will lead to revisionism. The educational front is an important one in which the proletariat contends with the bourgeoisie for successors. Only by acquiring a full understanding of the question of exercising dictatorship over the bourgeoisie can we consciously carry out Chairman Mao's revolutionary line and bring up successors to the revolutionary cause of the proletariat, thus combating and preventing revisionism and consolidating the dictatorship of the proletariat. The Ch'ao-yang Agricultural Institute has provided an important experience regarding this fundamental issue.

Criticism of the Shansi Opera Going up to Peach Peak Three Times

As on other fronts, the situation in literature and art is fine and thriving. Guided by Chairman Mao's proletarian revolutionary line on literature and art and paced by the model revolutionary theatrical works, mass revolutionary creative activities are developing vigorously and a growing number of good and fairly good works are appearing. These have been enthusiastically greeted by the workers, peasants, and soldiers who encourage the creation of such works. The recent North China Theatrical Festival in Peking reflected the vigorous development of socialist literature and art and was a new victory for Chairman Mao's revolutionary line on the literary and art front. But on this front things are never calm and tranquil. As an instrument for class struggle, literature and art always sensitively reflect the political struggles in society, so it is not surprising that a poisonous weed should crop up despite the excellent situation.

Strive to Store Grain Everywhere

Under the guidance of Chairman Mao's revolutionary line, an excellent situation unknown before has emerged on the food grain front in our country since the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

The Basic Problem in the Development of Agriculture Lies in the Line

China's socialist agriculture has continued to develop under the guidance of Chairman Mao's revolutionary line. Particularly through the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and the movement to criticize revisionism and rectify the work style, the broad cadres and the masses have raised their consciousness of the struggle between the two lines, and the mass movement to learn from Tachai in agriculture has developed with still greater vigor. The entire agricultural front is showing signs of growing prosperity.

Strive to Train Women Cadres

Under the guidance of Chairman Mao's revolutionary line, we have continuously fought with ideas of looking down on women, and have actively selected and trained women cadres for revolution. At present, three of the nine members of the Party branch are women. Of the sixty-eight principal cadres in the seventeen production teams, thirty-three are women. Having gone through the forge of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, these women have continued to raise their consciousness of class struggle, the line struggle, and permanent revolution. They form close links with the masses, actively lead the masses in grasping revolution and promoting production, and effectively promote women's work and other tasks in the brigade.

Develop A Variety of Metals to Achieve Greater, Faster, and Better Results Under the Guidance of Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Line

Develop A Variety of Metals to Achieve Greater, Faster, and Better Results Under the Guidance of Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Line

We Must Emphasize Improving the Quality of Products

Our plant specializes in the production of metal cutting tools. Following the vigorous development of socialist construction in our country, the state requires us to supply a larger number of cutting tools with greater variety and better quality. But is it possible to raise the quality of products to a new level when we have to increase output and the range of products on a large scale? There has always been a struggle on this question, from the factory headquarters down to the workshops and shifts. When we implement Chairman Mao's revolutionary line with greater consciousness and handle the contradiction between quantity and quality more properly, there is new development in production. Otherwise, setbacks will be suffered. The production of cutting tools in our plant has been developed and improved through this struggle between the two lines and two world outlooks.

CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY SINCE THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION

The Developing EconomiesVolume 9, Issue 4 p. 400-421 Free Access CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY SINCE THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION —Steps toward the Recovery of Its U.N. Seat— Takayuki IZUMI, Takayuki IZUMISearch for more papers by this author Takayuki IZUMI, Takayuki IZUMISearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1971 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1049.1971.tb00682.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat REFERENCES 1 Advance Victoriously along Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Line” (NCNA, December 31, 1970), (NCNA, December 31, 1970), No. 4814 (January 7, 1971). 2 Announcement: Nixon Accepts Chou Invitation to Visit PRC” (NCNA, July 16, 1971), (NCNA, July 16, 1971), No. 137 (July 16, 1971). 3 Chou En-lai. Speech at Rumanian Ambassador's National Day Reception,” Survey of China Mainland Press, No. 4247 (August 29, 1968). 4 Flow of History Cannot Be Reversed” (Rodong shinmun editorial on August 8, 1971), Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, Vol. 4, No. 153 (August 9, 1971). 5 Indochinese Peoples Summit Conference Convened” (Viet Nam News Agency, April 27, 1970), Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, Vol. 2, No. 81 (April 27, 1970). 6 Joint Communique of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Government of the People's Republic of China, and the Central Committee of the Viet Nam Workers' Party and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam” (NCNA, March 10, 1971), Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, Vol. 4, No. 47 (March 10, 1971). 7 Joint Communique of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea” (NCNA, April 8, 1970), Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, Vol. 2, No. 69 (April 9, 1970). 8 Joint Editorial Hails Anniversary of Mao's ‘20 May’ Statement,” Daily Report: Communist China, Vol. 1, No. 98 (May 20, 1971). 9 Lin Piao. Report to the 9th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,” Survey of China Mainland Press, No. 4406 (May 1, 1969). 10 Mao Tse-tung. On the Chungking Negotiations,” in Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. 4 ( Peking : Foreign Languages Press, 1961). 11 Mao Tse-tung. People of the World, Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Running Dogs Peking Review, Vol. 13, Special Issue (May 23, 1970). 12 Ministry Issues Statement on CPR-U.S. Talks” (NCNA, November 26, 1968), Daily Report: Communist China, Vol. 1, No. 231 (November 26, 1968). 13 Rodong Shinmun Attacks Revived Japanese Militarism,” Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, Vol. 2, No. 64 (April 2, 1970). 14 Sihanouk, S. N. Message to Her Majesty the Queen, the Khmer Bonzes, and People” (NCNA, March 23, 1970), Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, Vol. 2, No. 57 (March 24, 1970). 15 Sihanouk, S. N. Twenty-fourth Message to the Khmer Nation on July], July 31, 1971), Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, Vol. 4, No. 148 (August 2, 1971). 16 Snow, E. A Conversation with Mao Tse-tung,” Life, April 30, 1971). 17 Statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Government of the People's Republic of China” (NCNA, December 13, 1970), Daily Report: Communist China, Vol. 1, No. 241 (December 14, 1970). 18 Statement of the Government of the People's Republic of China” (NCNA, February 2, 1971), Daily Report: Communist China, Vol. 1, No. 31 (February 16, 1971). 19 Statement of the People's Republic of China” (NCNA, October 29, 1971), (NCNA, October 29, 1971), No. 210 (November 1, 1971). 20 Troop Withdrawal, Not Talks, Key to Indochina Solution” (NCNA, August 3, 1971), Daily Report: People's Republic of China, Vol. 1, No. 149 (August 3, 1971). Volume9, Issue4December 1971Pages 400-421 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Carry Out Class Struggle in the Rural Economy

Abstract The present situation in the countryside is excellent. Guided by Chairman Mao's revolutionary line, a new high tide in socialist revolution and socialist construction is now rising in the wake of the penetrating development of struggle-criticism-transformation. However, it should also be noted that in a few communes, brigades, and market towns and in some economic sectors the struggle between the two roads is still very acute, and the attacks launched by the capitalist forces against socialism are still very savage. The broad masses of the poor and lower-middle peasants and the revolutionary cadres are most indignant over the attacks launched by the class enemies. The New Year's Day editorial of the two newspapers [Jen-min jih-pao, Kuang-ming jih-pao?] and one magazine [Hung Ch'i?] points out that it is necessary "to consolidate and develop the economic foundation of socialism in the economic sphere and to hit methodically at bourgeois corruption and sabotage." Some places have mobilized or are in the course of actively mobilizing the masses to rally their forces and to selectively expose and wage struggle in a well-led manner. They have achieved excellent results and won the support of the broad masses. However, there are also a few comrades who do not pay sufficient attention to class struggle in the rural economy. They entertain certain muddled ideas, and they even turn a blind eye to things and are in a state of lethargy.

Completely Smash the Feudal, Capitalist, and Revisionist Legal System

As early as when the whole nation was still on the eve of liberation, our great leader Chairman Mao proposed that "the illegitimate legal tradition be abandoned" and pointed out that "our present task is to strengthen the people's machinery of state, i.e., the people's army, the people's police, and the people's court, which are used to reinforce our national defense and to protect the people's interests." After the whole nation was liberated, Chairman Mao issued a series of wise instructions concerning the problem of strengthening the dictatorship of the proletariat and emphasizing the importance of mass dictatorship. Chairman Mao has taught us "to rely on people and not on law for government"; and that "specialized work is necessary…, but it is essential to pursue the mass line under the leadership of the Party Committee. Especially in regard to the dictatorship of the whole reactionary class, it is necessary to rely on the masses and the Party." But the small group of capitalist-roaders holding power within the party, who, headed by Liu Shao-ch'i, represent the interests of the landlord and capitalist classes, madly oppose Chairman Mao's revolutionary line. They disregard the difference between the dictatorship of the proletariat and that of the capitalist class and try hard to continue the illegitimate legal tradition by pushing on with the feudal, capitalist, and revisionist legal system. They line up the reactionary legal authorities of the capitalist class, together with whom they plot conspiracy. By deliberate planning, they nurture poisonous weeds. They openly advocate that "law has the nature of continuity" and that "the old laws of the Kuomintang may be continued." Therefore, under the guidance of Liu Shao-ch'i, they formed an organization to systematize the law. P'eng Chen was the man ostensibly in charge of the whole thing. In 1954, they threw out to the public the "Organizational Law of the Procuratory Court," the "Organizational Law of the Court," and so on. Thereafter, they manufactured the public opinion that yelled for the "improvement of the legal system" and handed out, with various modifications, the whole set of feudal, capitalist, and revisionist laws regarding the system of Lü-shih kung-cheng and the procedures of lawsuit and trial. They established a number of bureaucratic agencies. The old concept of legal rights thus continued to spread and grow, poisoning socialism and fighting from its rival camp the dictatorship of the proletariat.