Chapter 12 The fifth section deals with the topic of the national economic plan from 1979 to 1980

This is a topic that doesn't interest me.Since this topic was included in the Central Work Conference, local and departmental cadres also brought materials to speak at the group meeting.However, everyone believes that the guiding ideology of government work discussed in this topic has been discussed in the "Government Work Report" made by Hua Guofeng at the First Session of the Fifth National People's Congress held half a year ago. , it does not make much sense to discuss it again at this meeting.The people who attended this Central Work Conference were not interested in such more practical issues.So this issue was not discussed at the meeting, and I don't recall anything that could be presented here.

Since everyone basically accepted Hua Guofeng's proposal to shift the focus of the party's work to economic construction from January 1979, it was natural and logical for the meeting to include the topic of discussing the 1979-1980 national economic plan.I am also a person who has always attached importance to economic work, and has always paid close attention to the development of our country's national economy.Therefore, it is also very important to have such an opportunity to hear the introduction of the economic situation of various provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and government departments.

I flipped through my notebook at that time, and there were excerpts of my speeches to comrades in charge of many regions and departments when discussing the two-year plan, and I especially wrote down some figures.In the past, I participated in many meetings of the Central Committee, and I was often dissatisfied with such speeches, because the person in charge of such speeches often stated the figures they brought, reported the situation, and made some requests to the Central Committee. He did not express his opinion after listening to it, and as usual, he often talked about the achievements of the local area and department in a big way, while talking about the problems in a small way.

The speeches I heard this time were better than the ones I heard before, that is, there were many problems discussed, and I felt that the situation was quite serious.For example, Guizhou Ma Li said that at that time, the per capita food possession was less than 500 catties, 40% of the production teams had an average ration of less than 300 catties, and the average distribution income of members was 46 yuan per person; 2 cents.Another example is Wanli in Anhui's speech, saying that the per capita grain consumption in this province has not yet reached the level of 1955. In 1955, the average per capita was 768 catties, which dropped to 652 catties in 1977. Compared with 1949, it only increased by 4 catties in the 28 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.Peasants in Huaibei only receive more than 30 yuan per year. Some farmers in the old Dabie Mountain base area can't wear pants or cover them with quilts, which is really sad.

In my notebook, I wrote down Zhejiang Tieying, Shanghai Pengchong, Xinjiang Liu Zhen, Guo Linxiang, Shanxi Wang Qian, Qinghai Zhao Haifeng, Inner Mongolia Liu Xueping, Jiangxi Jiang Weiqing, Fujian Ma Xingyuan, Gansu Li Dengying, Han Xianchu, Xiao Hua, Jilin Zhang Shiying, Liaoning Ren Zhongyi , Chen Puru, Ningxia Huo Shilian, etc. and the heads of various departments described the scenes in their speeches, which are really thought-provoking. During the discussion of the two-year plan at this Central Work Conference, talking about the destructive effect of the "Cultural Revolution" on the economy was a feature of these speeches.Another characteristic of these speeches is that they don’t like to talk about targets or talk about big things that don’t have much margin. It can be seen that the comrades have the spirit of working hard. Facing this reality, they are all thinking about the way forward, and There is no good way.Another feature is that the speeches of the localities do not ask for any investment from the central government.Everyone was not interested in the plan, but in solving the problem of political and ideological lines. They did not express any opinions on the two-year plan itself or the documents on the two-year plan sent to the meeting.