Annotations and Revisions on the Draft [l]
(March 26, 1958)
Return to Comrade Chen Boda. This document may be used.
[l] Slight revisions have been made[l]. Alternatively, further modifications might still be necessary; Comrades Shaoqi and Xiaoping (4 (Comrades) may deliberate and decide how to proceed.
Mao Zedong
March 26
Our task going forward is to thoroughly implement the general line proposed by the CPC Central Committee and Comrade Mao Zedong:
to mobilize all positive factors, properly handle contradictions among the people,
to summon high morale, strive for excellence, and build socialism in greater quantity, faster, better, and more economically, while striving for the technological and cultural revolutions.
Viewing matters from the perspective of equilibrium theory, it would be inconceivable to envisage catching up with Britain within fifteen years, or with the United States within twenty-five years—or even a bit longer.