Directive on Paying Attention to Studying and Resolving the Issue of Low Pay for Primary School Teachers
(January 21, 1956, and April 11, 1956)

Comrade Chen Yun:[1]
Please pay attention to studying this document.[2]

Mao Zedong
January 21

Comrades Liu, Zhou, Chen, Deng, and Peng Zhen:[3]
This document[4] is worth reading, and the issues should be resolved.

Mao Zedong
April 11

[1] Chen Yun was then serving as a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Vice Premier of the State Council.
[2] Refers to "Some Opinions of Primary School Teachers," excerpted in Issue No. 22 of the *Situation Brief* by the First Office of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CPC on January 21, 1956. This document reflected issues raised in numerous letters from primary school teachers, including low salaries, difficulties in joining the Party or the Communist Youth League, heavy workloads, and challenges in finding spouses.
[3] Liu refers to Liu Shaoqi. Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai. Chen refers to Chen Yun. Deng refers to Deng Xiaoping, then serving as Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the CPC. Peng Zhen was then serving as an alternate member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CPC.
[4] Refers to "Some Issues Among Primary School Teachers," excerpted in Issue No. 78 of the *Situation Brief* on April 6, 1956. This document highlighted three main problems among primary school teachers at the time: low pay, low social status, and low professional quality.