The leadership responsibilities of the Party Central Committee and Party committees at all levels over the government, financial and economic work, and industrial construction are as follows: (1) All major and important guidelines, policies, and plans must be uniformly stipulated by the Party Central Committee, which shall formulate Party resolutions and directives, or review and approve proposals submitted by responsible comrades of relevant organs and Party groups; all central representative organs and Party committees at all levels shall resolutely ensure the implementation of all resolutions, directives, and decrees of the Party Central Committee and the Central People’s Government, and may, within the scope not conflicting with the resolutions, directives, and decrees of the Central Committee, formulate their own resolutions or directives to ensure the fulfillment of tasks assigned by the Central Committee and higher authorities.
(2) Examine the implementation of Party resolutions and directives.

Printed based on Mao Zedong’s manuscript.

Note 〔1〕 This is a passage added by Mao Zedong to the draft decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on changing the method of managing cadres and establishing financial and economic work departments.
This draft was later revised and formed into the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening the Management of Cadres, which was issued on November 24, 1953.