(December 1959)


Comrades to read, return to Mao.
Jiangyou County in Sichuan has done its work well.
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This comment was written on Issue No. 232 of the *Briefing on the Situation* compiled and printed by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on December 14, 1959. The material carried in this issue, "Arrangements by the Central Finance and Trade Work Department for Convening Several Meetings in the Near Future," stated that the Central Finance and Trade Work Department and the fiscal and banking systems were preparing to hold several meetings within the next one to two months, including an on-site meeting on fiscal and banking work in Jiangyou County, Sichuan Province. In agricultural loan work, the Jiangyou County bank stays ahead of the farming season, actively helping communes and production teams resolve the production funds and means of production they need. In helping poor teams catch up with rich teams, the bank assigns dedicated personnel to reside permanently in poor teams, eating, living, and working together with them, taking responsibility for helping them through to the end. In savings work, it vigorously establishes canteen savings groups to help the masses plan their living expenses. The county finance department has adhered to the fiscal work policy of proceeding from production to finance and back to production again; all levels have formulated plans to promote production development, helping enterprises resolve difficulties in production, supply, and marketing, and helping communes develop diversified operations. They have gained much good experience in relying on Party committees, closely coordinating with all sides, and vigorously launching mass movements. In November, after Comrade Li Xiannian heard a report in Chongqing from the working group of the Central Finance and Trade Work Department, he believed these experiences were all very good and instructed that the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee could be consulted about convening an on-site meeting in Jiangyou County. The Sichuan Provincial Party Committee has now confirmed that this meeting will be held on December 15.