Comments on Convening a Symposium on the Socialist Transformation of Capitalist Industry and Commerce (October 28, 1955) Comrades Peng Zhen and Deng Xiaoping [1]: It would be advisable to invite all members of the CPC Central Committee and deputy secretaries-general residing in Beijing to attend tomorrow afternoon’s meeting at 4:00 p.m. in the Qinzhen Hall. Chen Boda [2] should also be notified to attend. Although seating will be somewhat crowded, it would be appropriate to accommodate around three hundred people. Please make a decision as you see fit. I believe this symposium is of great significance, and the timing is right. Mao Zedong, 8:00 a.m., October 28 Based on the manuscript for publication. Notes [1] Peng Zhen was then an alternate member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Deng Xiaoping was then Secretary-General of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council. [2] Chen Boda was then Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and Deputy Minister of the Central Rural Work Department.