To: The East China Bureau, the Central-South Bureau, the Southwest Bureau, the North China Bureau, the Northeast Bureau; the municipal Party committees of Shanghai, Beijing, and Tianjin; the South China Sub-Bureau; and to be forwarded to all provincial, municipal, and regional Party committees under their jurisdiction:

Before the convening of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Party in the spring of 1951, you are hereby instructed to take responsibility for conducting a serious review of trade union work and to prepare a report for the Fourth Plenary Session. Serious shortcomings exist in trade union work in various localities, and Party committees at all levels have generally paid insufficient attention, or have paid no attention at all. This is incorrect, and this situation must be rectified. The report on trade union work from the Northwest Bureau, dated December 26, is hereby forwarded to you. You are expected to study it, formulate your own guiding principles, and report to the Central Committee accordingly.

The Central Committee
December 30