Chapter 114 Representatives from all walks of life in Kaihao County

(September 7, 1949) Central China Bureau, and report to all bureaus and fields: Telegram on August 30th.I agree with your various opinions on convening a meeting of representatives from all walks of life in the county[1], and forward this telegram to all bureaus and fields to study accordingly.Regarding the issue of convening a representative meeting of all walks of life in the county, since the Northwest Bureau proposed it, it has attracted our attention and we think it is beneficial and harmless.Instead of convening a meeting of representatives from all walks of life, it would be very difficult to convene a meeting of people's representatives after the agricultural association had established a foundation in the villages, as in the Central Committee's reply telegram on December 2, 1948 (contained in "Policy Compilation") Adverse.In fact, many major political policies of the county, such as suppressing bandits, fighting hegemony, borrowing grain, requisitioning grain, relief from famines, repairing dams, promoting farmers to organize and establish agricultural associations, reducing rent and interest, restoring and developing industry, commerce and Cultural and educational issues, the promotion of RMB and the county’s fiscal and financial issues, etc., are held in meetings of representatives from all walks of life. After discussions, the representatives’ consent is obtained, and then communicated and implemented. It is relatively rare to hold such meetings. For a long time, they have been limited to discussion, communication and It is much more beneficial to implement it.The constituents of the county council of representatives from all walks of life should include representatives of the party, government, and army, representatives of peasants and workers, representatives of revolutionary intellectuals and women, representatives of industry and commerce, and representatives of some enlightened gentlemen.Among them, Communist Party members and reliable left-wingers should account for more than half of them to guarantee the passage of the resolution.The middle elements and the few right-wing but non-reactionary elements that must be recruited can account for about one-third of the number in order to isolate the reactionaries, facilitate the implementation of government orders and the mobilization of the masses, and can identify problems and discover activists.The provincial, district and prefectural committees must actively assist the county and county committees in arranging and leading such meetings in a planned and prepared manner.This is a county-wide meeting. The county seat and all districts, townships, and county-level organizations should have representatives. It is convened by the county government under the leadership of the county party committee.This is a county meeting. As for districts and townships, we will hold district and township peasant representative meetings according to your opinion, but revolutionary intellectuals should be recruited to participate.The rest are handled according to your opinions.We have no experience in this kind of meeting, please pay attention to collect experience, guide the various places, and tell us.Please forward this telegram to the county level for you and the central bureaus.

central september 7 Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] The Central China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a report to the Central Committee on August 30, 1949 regarding the issue of convening county representative conferences. Farmers' congresses can be held at two levels and gradually reach the foundation of the farmer's congress, absorbing other students, women, a small number of industrial and commercial persons, and enlightened gentry (as democrats) to participate.Second, the absorption of enlightened gentry should meet the conditions stipulated by the previous central government and be approved by the prefectural committee level.3. When convening representative conferences from all walks of life, larger county towns can combine urban and rural areas to convene, and absorb workers' representatives from the city to participate.If there are no such conditions, only peasants (pay attention to the recruitment of handicraft workers) representatives should be recruited, and there is no need to organize rural workers to select representatives for meetings, so as not to distract energy.