Order on the Establishment of the People’s Commissariat of National Economy and the National Economy Departments at All Levels[1]

(March 23, 1933)

In the context of the fiercely unfolding civil war, the development of the national economy is an extremely important condition for improving the livelihood of the masses and strengthening the capacity for war. In the past, the Soviet areas have paid exceptionally little attention to issues of the national economy, and this must be swiftly changed.

[1] This is the main content of the order issued by the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic on the establishment of the People’s Commissariat of National Economy and the national economy departments at all levels, issued by Mao Zedong, Xiang Ying, and others.