Central Directive Transmitting the Hebei Provincial Party Committee’s Report on Restoring and Developing Agricultural Production, with Comment
(November 21, 1951)

To all central bureaus, and for transmission to sub-bureaus, provincial, municipal, and regional Party committees, and prefectural Party committees:

This report by the Hebei Provincial Party Committee[1] is very good. Please study it, draw on its useful experience, and promote its implementation in all provinces. This document may also be published in internal Party journals. The Central Committee hopes to see a special report from every provincial Party committee on restoring and developing agricultural production.

Central Committee
November 21, 1951

[1] Refers to the comprehensive report on agricultural production issues submitted by the Hebei Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China to the North China Bureau on November 13, 1951. The report states that this year’s agricultural production adhered to the principle that “production is the overriding central task” and firmly grasped the following key links: (1) Strengthening patriotic ideological education, thoroughly implementing policies to develop production, raising the masses’ political consciousness and enthusiasm for production, and organizing patriotic high-yield emulation campaigns as the main driving force for advancing production. (2) Overcoming natural disasters is a critical issue for achieving increased agricultural output. (3) Strengthening leadership over cooperation and mutual aid, and developing various cooperative and mutual-aid organizations in accordance with different production conditions. (4) Improving agricultural techniques and strengthening technical guidance.