The First National Congress of the Chinese Soviet of Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Deputies adopted the Red Army Preferential Treatment Regulations, which stipulate many superior rights for the Red Army. Why are so many preferential treatment provisions established for the Red Army? Because over the past years of struggle, the Red Army has been the main force resolutely carrying out the agrarian revolution, firmly opposing imperialism and the Kuomintang warlords, and serves as a powerful defender of the Soviet government. In the annals of China's revolutionary struggle, it has performed glorious deeds of heroic combat. At present, the Chinese revolution is unfolding in a brutal revolutionary war environment. As we actively wage revolutionary war and prepare for even more ruthless, large-scale warfare against imperialism and the Kuomintang warlords, a vast Red Army is essential to striving for the first victory in one or several provinces and the ultimate victory of the Soviets across all of China. The Red Army fights to liberate all oppressed masses of workers and peasants, battles for the Soviet regime, and its soldiers strive with the utmost spirit of sacrifice for the interests and liberation of all toiling masses of workers and peasants. Therefore, the Soviet government and the worker-peasant masses must grant special preferential treatment to the Red Army, so that these Red Army soldiers may find solace in their hearts, free from concerns about their families, and devote themselves wholeheartedly to fighting bravely. For this reason, the First All-China Soviet Congress specially formulated these Red Army Preferential Treatment Regulations.

In the past, local Soviet governments did indeed have some provisions for preferential treatment of the Red Army and their families, but attention to practical implementation was lacking. In some places, it was simply neglected and not enforced; in others, the treatment of Red Army families virtually amounted to undermining the Red Army. This greatly impedes the expansion and strengthening of the Red Army's combat effectiveness and constitutes a grave error. Henceforth, all levels of Soviet governments must strictly correct these past mistakes and absolutely enforce the Red Army Preferential Treatment Regulations passed by the All-China Soviet Congress. If, in the future, preferential treatment for the Red Army is again neglected or the enforcement of the preferential treatment regulations is sluggish, it must be punished as a counterrevolutionary act. With this, the following specific measures for implementing the Red Army Preferential Treatment Regulations are hereby stipulated for enforcement.

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