Chapter 22 "People's Daily" Wants to Publish More Scientific Discussion Articles

(August 23, 1959) Four comrades, Boda, Qiaomu, Lengxi, and Jiaying [1], were sent by air: The sweet potato problem [2] in the right corner of this edition is very interesting, you can take a look.This kind of discussion is very good.For scientific discussions, there should be more "People's Daily", which should take up about one-fifth of the space. Wouldn't it be great? Please discuss the five major issues in terms of basic necessities of life.A pond of stagnant water needs to be stirred.I received your letter on August 21. It was well done and well written. After reading it, I was very happy.

Mao Zedong At 6:00 a.m. on August 23rd, leaning on the pillow Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Boda, that is, Chen Huaboda (1904-1989), a native of Huian, Fujian, was an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, director of the Central Political Research Office, and Mao Zedong's secretary.Qiao Mu, that is, Hu Qiaomu, was the alternate secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong's secretary.Lengxi, that is, Wu Lengxi, was then the president of Xinhua News Agency and the editor-in-chief of "People's Daily".Jiaying, that is, Tian Jiaying (1922-1966), was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, and was the deputy director of the Political Research Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong's secretary.

[2] Refers to the article "Discussion on the Issue of Reversing Sweet Potato Vine" published on the third page of "People's Daily" on August 21, 1959.