Chapter 30 It is necessary to do a good job in economic construction [1]

(April 3, 1944) one Because of the long-term nature of the Chinese revolution, on the one hand, for the material supply needs of the cause of revolution and war, and for the needs of the people on the other hand, it is necessary to engage in the work of economic construction. before construction work.In addition to the vastness of China, if the people of the whole country are convinced of the correctness of the road we have pointed out and support us, and participate in the revolutionary struggle, we need to show them the example of construction. two Knowing that trade, finance, and finance are important links in the organization of the entire economic life, without them, or if a wrong policy is adopted for them, the entire economic life will stagnate or be hindered.

Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] These are two passages added by Mao Zedong to Ren Bishi's 1944 speech "Estimates of the Financial and Economic Work in the Border Regions Last Year and the Basic Policy of Finance, Trade and Fiscal Policies in the Border Regions This Year."Among them, the first is written after the speech "The establishment of the new social system is to adapt to the development of productive forces, it is for economic development, and the new social system will gain a solid foundation only when the economy develops"; the second is written After the speech "after this high-level cadre meeting, it should be able to cause the whole party to understand the importance of trade, finance, and fiscal work ideologically".