Central Instructions on Approving and Circulating the Report of the General Party Committee of Central-Level Organs (December 22, 1951) To the General Party Committee of Organs Directly Under the CPC Central Committee; to the various departments of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission; to the Party Leading Groups of all organs of the Central People’s Government; to the various Central Bureaus, with further circulation to their subordinate sub-bureaus and to the provincial, municipal, and regional Party committees:  (1) The Central Committee approves the report submitted by the General Party Committee of Organs Directly Under the CPC Central Committee to the Central Committee on December 20, 1951 [1]. The General Party Committee is requested to implement immediately the plan set forth in this report.  (2) This report is hereby circulated to all Central Bureaus, sub-bureaus, and provincial, municipal, and regional Party committees for reference. It is also suggested that general party committees be established at the level of the major administrative regions and at the provincial, municipal, and regional levels among organizations directly under the central authorities, so as to unify the leadership of these party organizations, hold regular congresses of representatives from various departments and major units, intensify criticism and self-criticism, strengthen party life, enhance work efficiency, unite non-Party members, and carry forward the campaign against corruption, waste, and bureaucracy, thereby overcoming the corrosive influence of the bourgeoisie upon the Party.  Approved by the CPC Central Committee on December 22, 1951, based on Mao Zedong’s manuscript.  Notes [1] Refers to the report submitted on December 20, 1951, by Zhou Enlai, First Secretary of the General Party Committee of Central-Level Organs, to Mao Zedong and the CPC Central Committee. The report stated: Following the Central Committee’s decision to establish a general party committee for central-level organs to lead all party organizations directly under the CPC Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, the Central People’s Government, and central-level mass organizations, we promptly convened a meeting to deliberate and arrange our current tasks: (1) The immediate central task of the general party committee is to concentrate our efforts on leading and organizing the campaigns for streamlining, thrift, and combating corruption, waste, and bureaucracy across all central-level organs—party, government, military, and civilian—in order to ensure that these campaigns are thoroughly carried out in every unit, large or small, and yield the desired results. (2) Given the need to focus our energies on the anti-corruption, anti-waste, and anti-bureaucracy campaigns, it would be difficult for most units to convene party congresses within a short period. We have therefore decided that, except for a few units which, when adequately prepared, may hold party congresses in conjunction with the Three-Anti Campaign within a brief timeframe, the party congresses of the majority of units should be scheduled for after March 1952. (3) In order to facilitate leadership, necessary adjustments will be made to the party organizations within each system. (4) It is proposed that the general party committee be composed of the following nine comrades: Zhou Enlai (First Secretary), An Ziwen (Second Secretary), Yang Shangkun (Third Secretary), Xiao Hua, Luo Ruiqing, Zhang Jingwu, Xu Liqing, Gong Zirong, and Zeng San. Approval is also sought for appointing Xiao Hua as the Fourth Secretary of the general party committee.

Central Instructions on Circulating the Gansu Provincial Party Committee’s Report on the Three-Anti Campaign (December 22, 1951) To the various Central Bureaus, with further circulation to their subordinate sub-bureaus and to the provincial, municipal, and regional Party committees: The Gansu Provincial Party Committee’s report is very good and should be published in the Party’s internal publications. In accordance with the Gansu Provincial Party Committee’s view, the campaign against corruption, waste, and bureaucracy requires only about one month from its launch to its conclusion. This assessment is fundamentally correct. Some comrades believe that initiating this campaign is quite difficult and that it will take several months to complete. Such an opinion is not entirely accurate. Of course, fully and thoroughly resolving all issues of corruption, waste, and bureaucratic practices—including the investigation, public trial, sentencing, and disposition of major corrupt officials; the re-examination of the original wasteful designs of many major construction projects and the formulation of new, more economical designs—cannot be accomplished within a single month and will inevitably require considerably more time, with some cases dragging on for a long duration. However, under normal circumstances, roughly one month is sufficient. Particularly with regard to common instances of waste within a given organ, from investigation and study to criticism and inspection, and finally to the establishment of new regulations to halt wasteful expenditures, about half a month is usually enough. Many organs already have experience in this regard. Nor does this mean halting all other work to devote ourselves exclusively to the Three-Anti Campaign; rather, it should be integrated with ongoing tasks, especially with the work of rectifying the Party and conducting ideological education. Indeed, the Three-Anti Campaign constitutes the principal component of the current rectification movement.  Issued by the CPC Central Committee on December 22, based on Mao Zedong’s manuscript.