Comments on Inviting Liu Lantao[1] to Attend a Central Meeting to Discuss Economic Work (May 24, 1953) Comrade Shangkun[2]: Hereafter, when the Central Committee discusses economic work (including industry and other sectors), please invite Comrade Liu Lantao to attend and forward the relevant documents to him in advance. On Monday, when we discuss the two agenda items concerning Comrade Gao Gang[3], please proceed accordingly. Mao Zedong May 24 Printed from the manuscript. Notes [1] Liu Lantao was at that time a member of the State Planning Commission of the Central People’s Government and Chairman of the North China Administrative Committee. [2] Shangkun refers to Yang Shangkun, who was then Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee. [3] These refer to the two items scheduled for discussion at the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: (1) A draft directive from the First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry on the current state of the state-owned machine-building industry and plans for future work; and (2) A report by Gao Gang, Chairman of the State Planning Commission, to Mao Zedong and the Central Committee, endorsing the Soviet side’s proposal to complete construction of the Changchun Automobile Factory within three years.