Opening Speech at the Second Meeting
of the National Committee of the CPPCC

(June 14, 1950)

Source: RMRB (June 15, 1950), 1. Other Chinese Texts: XHYB, 9 (July
1950), 489; Zhengxie er ci, pp. 1-2; Buyi, p. 11. Available English Transla-tions: NCNA, Daily Bulletin, 51 (June 15, 1950), 1; CDSP, 11:25 (Aug. 5,
1950), 33 (abridged).

Fellow committee members, comrades, and friends:
The Second Meeting of the National Committee of the People’s Political
Consultative Conference is now in session. At this meeting there will be
reports on the work of the National Committee, on land reform work, on economic and fiscal work, on taxation work, on diplomatic and United Front
work, on cultural and educational work, on military work, and on the work of
the courts. We hope that these matters will be discussed. Of these [various
Issues], the central issue for this meeting is the problem of land reform. We
hope that a land reform bill will be adopted at this meeting and that it might be
implemented after being ratified by the Central People’s Government.' The
first thing this would do would be to enable the more than 100,000 cadres who
stad the midst of preparing to carry out land reform to get an early start in
tenures this bill, so that after this autumn the work of reforming the land
cultures System may be carried out smoothly throughout an area with an agri-also j i population of about 100 million. Naturally, all the other reports are
Posal nportant. Any opinions that one may have may be voiced, and any pro-
Practic sf be submitted for examination and discussion. So long as they are
Oran ne, they ought to be adopted. We have the great and correct Common
. Ce as our standard for reviewing our work and discussing problems.
organic en Program must be fully implemented, as it is presently the
aw of our country. I am convinced that through the efforts of all our

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comrades our meeting will be able to accomplish its tasks smoothly. At the 4
present moment, under the leadership of the Central People’s Government, q
the people of the entire country are in the midst of undertaking immense tasks,
struggling to overcome difficulties and to strive for a turn for the better in the j
economic situation. All of the people’s enterprises in our country are now 4
developing in a forward direction along new paths, and with each new day we q
can see progress and success. No difficulty of any sort can hinder the advance q
of the people’s cause. The People’s Political Consultative Conference and the {
National Committee it has elected are great political organizations of the 4
United Front that unite all nationalities, all democratic classes, all democratic ¢
parties, all people’s organizations, and democratic personages from all walks q
of life throughout the country. They enjoy very high prestige among the peo- {
ple of the country. We must consolidate this type of unity, consolidate our 4
United Front, and lead the people of the entire country in steadily attaining |
their own goals. 3

Notes

1. See text Mar. 12, 1950, note S.
2. See text Sept. 21, 1949, note 3.