Current Plan for the Peasant Movement[1]

(November 15, 1926)

1. The development of the peasant movement shall determine the order of localities for development according to the following criteria:
   a. Localities with relatively greater freedom of assembly and association;
   b. Localities occupying important political positions;
   c. Localities along railways and rivers where communications are convenient;
   d. Localities where the peasants suffer particular economic hardship and where uprisings have already occurred or are easily incited.

2. Under the present conditions, the development of the peasant movement shall adopt the principle of concentration. Nationwide, apart from Guangdong Province, development shall be concentrated in the four provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Henan; next, appropriate forces shall also be devoted to the seven provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guangxi, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

3. Within a single province, the principle of concentration shall also be applied. For example:
   Hunan—Emphasis shall be placed on the five prefectures of Changsha, Yuezhou, Changde, Hengzhou, and Baoqing.
   Hubei—Emphasis shall be placed on the counties along the Yangtze River and railways, especially the three counties of Wuchang, Hanyang, and Xiakou.
   Jiangxi—Emphasis shall be placed on the line from Ji’an through Nanchang to Jiujiang.
   Henan—Emphasis shall be placed on the areas along the three railways of Jinghan, Longhai, and Daoqing.
   Shaanxi—Emphasis shall be placed on the Guanzhong Circuit, namely the counties in the Wei River basin.
   Sichuan—Centered on the two cities of Chongqing and Chengdu, emphasis shall be placed on their neighboring counties.
   Guangxi—Emphasis shall be placed on the line from Bose through Nanning to Wuzhou. At present, special emphasis shall be placed on linking Enlong, Fengyi, Enyang, Bose, and other counties under Fan Shisheng’s influence with the already developed Donglan County.
   Yunnan—Centered on Kunming, emphasis shall be placed on the areas along the Yunnan-Guangdong Railway.
   Fujian—Centered on Yongding, emphasis shall be placed on the counties of southern Fujian.
   Zhejiang—Emphasis shall be placed on the two prefectures of Ningbo and Shaoxing.
   Jiangsu—Emphasis shall be placed on the counties of Chongming, Jiangyin, Danyang, Wuxi, Taixing, Tongshan, Suining, and others.
   Shandong—Emphasis shall be placed on the areas along the two railways of Jiaoji and Jinpu.
   Anhui—Emphasis shall be placed on northern Anhui, centered on Shou County and Hefei.
   Zhili—Emphasis shall be placed on the areas along the four railways of Jinghan, Jingsui, Jingfeng, and Jinpu.
   Zhili and the Jingzhao Special District shall be divided into two peasant movement regions. Under the Guomindang system, the peasant movement in Zhili shall be under the jurisdiction of the Zhili Provincial Party Headquarters, centered on Tianjin; the peasant movement in Jingzhao shall be under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Special Municipal Party Headquarters, centered on the suburbs of Beijing.

4. Peasants in the suburbs of provincial capitals and other important cities must be specially organized into “Suburban Peasant Associations.” The Guomindang Party Headquarters or Special Municipal Party Headquarters in such cities must all establish Peasant Departments to guide the suburban peasant movement.

5. The peasant movement in all localities must earnestly cooperate with the left wing of the Guomindang and facilitate the establishment of an office in Wuhan by the Peasant Department of the Guomindang Central Committee.

6. Establish a Peasant Movement Training Institute in Wuchang.

[1] After the Central Peasant Movement Committee was resolved to be established at the enlarged meeting in 1925, its organization remained incomplete for various reasons. In November, after Mao Zedong assumed the post of Secretary of the Central Peasant Committee, it was formally decided that Ruan, Peng, Yi, Lu, Xiao, and two others from the C.Y., seven persons in total, would jointly form the Central Peasant Committee, with one committee member permanently stationed at the bureau to handle affairs. In addition, an office was to be set up in Hankou to facilitate the guidance of peasant movement work in Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan, and a current plan for the peasant movement was drafted.