Chapter 112 We must maintain Shanghai and coordinate the overall situation

(September 2, 1949) Comrade Rao Shushi[1]: Comrade Chen Yun[2] has returned, and made a report at the Central Committee meeting on September 2.The central government agreed with the general policy and many specific measures decided at the Shanghai Conference[3].We must maintain Shanghai and coordinate the overall situation.Don't talk about relocation or layoffs lightly.Focus on tidying up taxes to boost revenue.The food for three people is shared by five people, and the surplus personnel try to be placed in positions where people are needed.Factories and schools that voluntarily and possibly relocate must be carefully planned to be able to survive and have a future in the new place, otherwise they should not be relocated.The same applies to the movement of refugees.Focus on saving those expenses that could be reduced, but don't cut those expenses that are essential.Emphasize against waste, and you can get a lot of money here.The embargo is extremely beneficial to us in the present period, both politically and economically.The layoff of 27,000 people is a major event that has caused dissatisfaction among many people and should be dealt with.The method is to conduct an immediate investigation and distinguish between those who can live by themselves and those who cannot live by themselves. For the latter category, they should be taken back and given food.Now that we have nothing to do, we should feed them and keep them alive, otherwise it will be extremely disadvantageous to us politically.As far as the overall situation is concerned, there is absolutely a way to support 9 million to 10 million people in the whole country.Leaders at all levels often contact people from all walks of life outside the party. For example, as Chen Yun talked with representatives from all walks of life this time, and you talked with three old employees, they listened to the climate of all walks of life, asked them for advice and exchanged opinions on specific issues, rather than general communication. sexual contact.Actively use the representative meetings of all walks of life in the city and the county representative meetings of each county to raise all major issues in governance one by one, and report to the meeting on all major issues that have been prepared, thought through, and solutions, and submitted to the meeting for discussion. Views.In this kind of meeting, more than half of the party members and completely reliable left-wing elements can guarantee the approval of our opinions, so as to unite a large number of middle elements and some right-wing elements that must be won over, and bring them closer to us.For this kind of meeting, it is best for cities to hold meetings once a month or twice in March, and it seems appropriate for counties to hold meetings once every two months.We have no experience in holding meetings of representatives from all walks of life in the counties of the New Area. Please consider choosing one or two counties near Shanghai to lead them personally, and try holding one or two meetings.Please let me know your opinion on the above points.

Mao Zedong Shen Jiang Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Rao Shushi, Secretary of the East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at that time. [2] Chen Yun (1905-1995), a native of Qingpu, Jiangsu (now part of Shanghai).At that time, it was entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to set up the Central Finance and Economics Committee and preside over its work. [3] The Shanghai Conference refers to the financial and economic conference that Chen Yun hosted in Shanghai from July 27 to August 15, 1949, entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.The leaders of finance, banking and trade departments from the five regions of East China, North China, Central China, Northeast China and Northwest China participated.The meeting determined the policy of fully supporting the complete victory of the War of Liberation and maintaining the life of the people in the newly liberated areas, first of all the big cities, and proposed specific measures and steps for unifying finance and economy and controlling market prices.