Annotations on Bo Yibo’s Report Concerning Industrial and Commercial Issues[1]

(April 29, 1948)

Whether a management committee in an enterprise is more advantageous with three members or with around five members merits study. If the committee is formed solely by three individuals—the factory director, the Party branch secretary, and the trade union chairperson—and if all three are Party members, without the participation of representatives of engineers, technicians, or staff, and without the participation of capable non-Party individuals, it would seem to be inappropriate.

This kind of thinking is a form of agrarian socialist thinking; its nature is reactionary, backward, and retrogressive, and it must be resolutely opposed.

[1] The first part is an annotation on the sentence: "In public and private enterprises, establish a three-person committee headed by the factory director to facilitate production." The second part is an annotation on the sentence: "Some people believe that industry and commerce both bear a feudal character. Without struggling against industry and commerce, feudalism cannot be eliminated and the demands of the masses cannot be satisfied."