First, we must intensify the struggle to resist US aggression and aid Korea. Because US imperialism persists in holding Chinese and Korean prisoners-of-war and undermining the cease-fire negotiations and moreover, is vainly
attempting to expand its war of aggression against Korea, the struggle to resist US [aggression] and aid Korea must continue to be intensified. We desire
peace, but as long as US imperialism does not discard its barbaric and unreasonable demands and its plots to expand its aggression, the resolution of the
Chinese people can only be to continue to fight together with the Korean people to the end. This is not because we like war: we would like to stop the war
immediately and wait to resolve the remaining problems in the future, but US
imperialism doesn’t want to do things this way. If that’s the case, that’s all right;
we’ll continue to fight. No matter how many years US imperialism is willing
to fight, we are prepared to fight with them for as many years, right up to the
time when US imperialism is willing to stop, until the time when the Chinese
and Korean peoples are completely victorious.
Second, we should learn from the Soviet Union. We must carry out the
great task of construction in our country. The work facing us is difficult and
our experience is insufficient; therefore we must earnestly study the advanced
experience of the Soviet Union. Regardless of whether they are in the Communist Party or outside the Communist Party, old cadres or new cadres, technical
personnel, intellectuals, or the masses of the workers and the masses of the
peasants, [our people] all must wholeheartedly learn from the Soviet Union.
We should not only learn from the theories of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin,
but must also learn from the Soviet Union’s advanced science and technology.
We must whip up a high tide of learning from the Soviet Union throughout
the whole country [in order] to build our country.
Third, [we] must combat bureaucratism in our leadership organs at all levels
and among our leading cadres. At present among a good number of the basic-level organizations and basic-level cadres, serious commandism and breaches of law and discipline are occurring. The occurrence and breeding of such
phenomena cannot be separated from the bureaucratism in our leadership organs and among our leading cadres. Take, for instance, the organs at the level
of the Center; a good number of leading cadres in a good number of ministries
and departments are still satisfied with merely sitting in the government offices
writing decisions and issuing directives, paying attention only to arranging and
assigning work but not paying attention to going down to the lower levels to
get an understanding of conditions and to inspect the work. They have often
let their leadership become isolated from the masses and separated from reality
and have caused many serious problems to come up in their work. If we want
to carry out large-scale national construction we must overcome bureaucratism
and link ourselves closely to the masses of the people. Leading cadres at the
Center and at all the local levels must all frequently go deep down to the lower
levels to inspect the work. Once the leadership organs and leading cadres have
overcome bureaucratism, the bad phenomena of commandism and breaches
of law and discipline at the lower levels will definitely be overcome. Once these
defects have been eliminated, our planned national construction will definitely
be successful, the system of the people’s democracy will definitely develop, the
imperialist plots will definitely be defeated, and we will definitely be able to
win total victory.
Source: People’s Daily, February 8, 1953.