What does it mean to build socialism? A concentrated expression.

Should there be a line between collective ownership and ownership by the whole people? There should still be a line. Comrade Stalin drew a line and pointed out three conditions as prerequisites—this was correct. The shortcoming was that he did not elaborate on them very concretely. The Forty Articles put forward a more concrete formulation. Many issues Stalin did not mention: simultaneous development, the whole Party and the whole people running industry, mass movements, putting politics in command, and rectification.

The issue of urban people's communes is very complex. Do not fear slowness, but adopt an active attitude.

On the peasant question: During the Great Leap Forward, the peasants' enthusiasm was underestimated. Since the Great Leap Forward, it has still been a peasant question—the peasants were overestimated. After all, is Anshan Steel the elder brother, or is Xushui the elder brother? It is still the working class—Anshan Steel is the elder brother. Some "theorists" compromise whenever they encounter practical problems. They evade what capitalism has left behind: commodity production and the law of value. The question lies in how to understand them—do they benefit our socialist construction? If they are beneficial, we should use them and make them serve us. We must utilize commodity production and the law of value.

If ownership by the whole people is prematurely propagandized, the state will requisition and allocate, which in essence deprives the peasants. The peasants will be unhappy. Who would be happy to do this? Taiwan—they fear no chaos under heaven.

Communes can also run industries that yield relatively high profits. (Stalin did not dare hand tractors over to agricultural cooperatives.)

Some people treat peasants as workers—this is incorrect.

Do not fear commodity production. The question is what kind of economy it is linked to.

We must not view the relationships between people as father-son relationships, but as relationships of equality. Eliminate inequality, but there must still be distinctions.

Steel, smelting, machinery, and electricity are very important. Forestry is very important and must also become one of the fundamental issues.

The law of value does not play a regulatory role; it is merely a tool of calculation.

Even if people's communes implement ownership by the whole people, it does not count as communism.

After three years of bitter struggle, and then another twelve years, we can transition to communism.