Comments on the Draft of Li Weihan’s[1] Speech at the National Congress of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce
(5 November 1953)

Return to Comrade Li Weihan:
(1) Agree to publish on the 10th; (2) I have only added or altered a few characters on pages seven, ten, thirteen, and fourteen; (3) Please send a copy to Comrade Gao Gang[3] for his perusal; if Premier Zhou returns to Beijing before the 10th, it should be sent to him to read over once.

Mao Zedong
5 November

[1] Li Weihan, then Director of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Government Administration Council.
[2] Li Weihan’s speech on 27 October 1953 at the Members’ Congress of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, published in *Renmin Ribao* on 10 November 1953.
[3] Gao Gang, then Chairman of the State Planning Commission of the Central People’s Government.

P.S.: The congress should adopt a resolution[1] endorsing your report and Chen Shutong’s opening address.
[1] The Resolution on Accepting and Endorsing Chairman Chen Shutong’s Opening Address and Vice Chairman Li Weihan of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Government Administration Council of the Central People’s Government’s Speech, adopted by the Members’ Congress of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, published in *Renmin Ribao* on 14 November 1953. Chen Shutong’s opening address at the Members’ Congress of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce on 23 October 1953, entitled “Strive to Realize the General Line of the State and Correctly Bring into Play the Positive Role of Private Industry and Commerce,” published in *Renmin Ribao* on 24 October 1953.