Chapter 59 insight

During his study in the United States, Ma Yinchu’s paper "New York City Finance" caused a sensation in the financial and economic circles of the United States at that time, and was listed as a textbook for freshmen by Columbia University. In 1927, Ma Yinchu served as a member of the Zhejiang Provincial Government and chairman of the Finance Committee.He strongly demanded that opium be banned.He wrote more than a dozen articles including "The Opium Problem" and "Several Key Points on the Ban on Smoking", appealing in newspapers and periodicals.He said: "Today's smoking ban issue is really a matter of life and death for Zhejiang." He also said, "I have been in office for a day, and I must oppose it to the end without compromise, because I am a member of the provincial government and I want to seek the interests of the people of Zhejiang." Ma Yinchu also collected and compiled "Quit Smoking Songs" and "Quit Gambling Songs".Order people to post and sing.For example, quit smoking song 1: "Admonish my people, don't smoke; the internal organs are all tormented. Sweetness is like sweetness, it is poisonous. Think about it, it is up to you to die quickly."

Among the foreigners who mediated or interfered in China's internal affairs in modern times, Marshall was the one with the most prominent status and prestige.Ma Yinchu once said: "The eyes of the people of the whole country are fixed on him, with endless hopes, as if the fate of China is already in his hands. The position of supreme leader seems to have been transferred to him." As an economist, Ma Yinchu naturally cares about people's livelihood.He believes that "overall planning and overall balance" is the basic law of China's socialist economy, and it is also a law that must be followed in socialist economic construction. He pointed out that family planning and population control should be promoted.He said: "Our socialism is a planned economy. If the population is not included in the plan, the population cannot be controlled, and family planning cannot be implemented, then it cannot be a planned economy." It is inevitable to turn all kindness into disappointment and dissatisfaction."

On July 15, 1957, the 75-year-old Ma Yinchu published "New Population Theory" in the "People's Daily". Serious contradiction.Since the founding of the People's Republic of my country, the population growth rate of our country has been 20%. Based on this calculation, if the population is not controlled, the population of our country will reach 1.6 billion in 50 years.He said: "Population is certainly a great resource, but it is also a great burden." To preserve this great resource and remove this great burden, the way is to improve the quality of the population and control the population.He put forward suggestions and measures to control the birth of the population. After the "New Population Theory" was published, it aroused strong repercussions across the country.

Ma Yinchu believes that the most critical issues in developing China's economy are two issues, the first is the population issue, and the second is the agricultural issue.He once said this many times: "In addition to the population problem, the agricultural problem should be studied in a timely manner, it must be planned early, and it takes great effort and hard work!" Soon after, Ma Yinchu began to collect agricultural materials and prepare Organize a team to write an "Agricultural Book".