(Gengshen July 23), September 2, 1980, the State Council approved further expansion of enterprise autonomy.

1980, the State Council approved the National Economic Commission, "the report on the expansion of the the enterprise autonomy pilot work and future views. Report approved since 1981, expand the autonomy of enterprises, the state-owned industrial enterprises in the general promotion of human, financial, production, supply and enable enterprises to have greater autonomy. Pilot enterprises have the right to determine their own organizational structure and personnel in the institutions and in terms of personnel, equipment and appointment and removal of the mid-level and mid-level cadres below; reserves the right to dismiss employees under labor discipline. Enterprise workshops, team leading cadres to carry out democratic elections, to the the conditional pilot enterprises, factory-level leading cadres can also be democratically elected, approved the appointment of competent authorities at a higher level.