Critique on the Ten Provisions of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee Concerning the Rectification of the People’s Communes
…plans, and to be issued together with the state procurement tasks to each basic accounting unit. (4) Set distribution plans. The people’s commune shall distribute state taxes and commune accumulation to the basic accounting units, and the basic accounting units shall, on this basis, formulate the annual distribution plan, so that both cadres and commune members know what to expect and their enthusiasm is aroused. (5) Set collective welfare. (6) Set methods of labor remuneration. The people’s commune shall calculate labor remuneration in accordance with the socialist principle of “distribution according to work, more pay for more work.” (7) Set the labor force.


At present, the labor force used in agriculture in the rural areas should account for over 80% of the total labor force, and non-productive personnel should be reduced as much as possible. (8) Set the partial ownership of the production teams. In arranging production, using labor, managing finances, and distributing income, the necessary powers should be given to the production teams. (9) Set the industrial management system. The existing industries of the commune shall, based on conditions such as scale, technical level, and scope of service, be separately designated for management by the commune, the production brigade, or the production team. (10) Policy provisions were also made concerning other issues such as account settlement, land, draft oxen, farm tools, funds, seeds,
grain rations, and fertilizers. When Mao Zedong approved and circulated this draft provision, he titled it “Zhejiang’s Ten Provisions.”
[2]
Shang Kun, namely Yang Shangkun, then serving as Alternate Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the Central Committee.
[3]
Refers to the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee soon to be held in Shanghai.