Speech at the Closing Ceremony of the Yan’an Exhibition of Workers’ Manufactured Goods[1]

(January 3, 1938)

The partial defeats in the war of resistance in the past were partly due to the fact that our national defense was inferior to the enemy’s. To achieve final victory over the enemy in the future, we must develop the national defense industry. That is why this exhibition of the national defense industry is highly significant.

[1] This is part of Mao Zedong’s speech at the closing ceremony of the Yan’an Exhibition of Workers’ Manufactured Goods.