Comments on the Report Concerning Several Resolutions Adopted at the Enlarged Meeting of the Party Leadership Group of the Central Committee for Checking Economy (February 12, 1952)  I approve this report [1]. Mao Zedong, February 12. Printed from the manuscript.  Notes [ ] Refers to a report dated February 11, 1952, from Bo Yibo, Director of the Central People’s Government Committee for Checking Economy, to Mao Zedong concerning several resolutions passed at the enlarged meeting of the committee’s Party leadership group held on February 9.  The resolutions were as follows:

1. On the Criteria and Calculation Method for “Big Tigers.” It was stipulated that:   (a) Those who had embezzled less than 100 million yuan but had caused substantial economic losses to the state, as well as those who had embezzled more than 50 million yuan though their offenses were not particularly serious, must be approved by the Party leadership group of the Central Committee for Checking Economy before being designated as “big tigers.”   (b) Persons who, at the time of the nation’s liberation, concealed and appropriated state property or bureaucratic capital amounting to over 100 million yuan without reporting it—meaning property that had been identified prior to and following the entry into cities as belonging to the people’s government but had not been turned over—were to be classified accordingly; however, any concealment and appropriation of Kuomintang or Japanese-puppet regime property prior to liberation would not be counted. As for the property of traitors subject to confiscation, that matter was to be handled separately and such cases would likewise not be regarded as “big tiger” offenses.   (c) With regard to embezzled goods and funds accumulated over the years after the entry into cities, converted into renminbi: commodities were to be valued at current prices and expressed in renminbi; cash holdings—including gold, silver, stocks, and various types of banknotes—were to be converted using the real-value unit prevailing at the time and then translated into today’s renminbi.

2. In order to strengthen the trial work concerning major corrupt officials in central government departments, a Trial Committee was established under the Party leadership group of the Central Committee for Checking Economy, with Wu Gai-zhi as its director and Gong Zi-rong as deputy director, to provide unified leadership over all trial proceedings.

3. On Unifying Investigative Work in Beijing.   (a) In accordance with the principle set forth by the Municipal Committee for Checking Economy of focusing inspections on the construction, hardware, timber and woodenware, electrical materials, automobile parts and repair, stationery and paper, and Western pharmaceutical industries, a combined approach was adopted: comprehensive, industry-wide unified inspections paired with targeted, focused unified inspections. The construction industry was to be inspected first, with personnel dispatched by the Central Committee for Checking Economy participating alongside close coordination among central departments to share intelligence and prevent fragmented, independent action.   (b) For other industries, a mobilization strategy was generally employed: small and large symposiums were convened to encourage industrial and commercial operators to confess and report wrongdoing. The Municipal Committee for Checking Economy was responsible for organizing these efforts, while relevant central departments could send representatives to collect the necessary evidence.   (c) No agency was permitted to dispatch its own personnel to inspect individual industrial and commercial establishments. Unauthorized summoning, intimidation, or physical abuse of such operators was strictly prohibited. Any arrests, closure of premises, confiscation of property, or recovery of damages pertaining to industrial and commercial operators who were accomplices in corruption cases involving central government officials were to be submitted to the Central Committee for Checking Economy for approval before being uniformly processed by the Beijing municipal authorities.