Central Committee Endorsement on Qian Ying’s Report Concerning the Serious Instances of Bureaucratism, Commandism, and Violations of Law and Discipline in Guangdong (April 11, 1953)To the Various Ministries and Commissions of the Central Committee; to the Party Leadership Groups of the Central People’s Government; to the Central Bureaus, Sub-bureaus, and Provincial (Municipal) Committees:We are hereby transmitting to you one copy of Comrade Qian Ying, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, report on the grave situation of bureaucratism, commandism, and violations of law and discipline occurring in Guangdong.
You are requested to review this document carefully and, in the course of the campaign against bureaucratism, promptly rectify any erroneous parts contained in your own previously issued orders and directives.
The intolerable abuses detailed in the report, or similar ones, are not confined to Guangdong and a few other provinces and regions—save for certain isolated cases such as those involving salt workers, fishermen, and sugarcane cultivation.
Rather, they are widespread, present in virtually every province and municipality, differing only in the number of instances.
Many of these incidents originate in the relevant departments of the Central People’s Government, followed by the corresponding departments of the provincial people’s governments and prefectural administrative offices.
Yet we remain unaware of their occurrence; in some cases, even the ministers themselves are uninformed.
This clearly demonstrates the gravity of the problem.The Central Committee instructs the Party Leadership Groups of the Central People’s Government (the report is to be made available to all bureau and division directors), as well as the Central Bureaus, Sub-bureaus, and Provincial (Municipal) Committees, to undertake an immediate and thorough investigation and, as swiftly as possible, to correct all intolerable errors.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaApril 11, 1953Printed from Mao Zedong’s handwritten draft.