(Bingshen August 11), September 15, 1956, Communist China "eight" main contradiction is no longer a class struggle.




Deng Xiaoping in the General Assembly on the report on amending the party constitution
1956 9 15, the Eighth National People's Congress of the Communist Party of China held in Beijing. 1026 delegates to the Assembly, on behalf of the party members and 1073 people. Mao caused by "opening statement" Liu Shaoqi "political report" Zhou Enlai for the construction of the second five-year plan for the development of the national economy report, Deng Xiaoping report on amending the party constitution. The Assembly noted: the socialist system in our country has been basically established, the the domestic principal contradiction is no longer a contradiction between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, but the people need for rapid development of economic and cultural situation can not meet the needs of the people with the current economic and cultural the conflict between; National People's main task is to focus on the development of social productive forces, the industrialization of the country, to meet the economic and cultural needs of the people. The fundamental task is to protect and develop the productive forces in the new relations of production following. Therefore, in order to gradually and systematically develop a comprehensive legal, improve the socialist legal system; further expand socialist democracy, strong opposition from the bureaucracy, the Assembly insisted both anti-conservative and rash advance steadily forward in the consolidated balance economic construction guidelines and according to the spirit of Mao Zedong's "On Ten" to develop a series of important economic policy. Assembly highlighted the building of the ruling party, stressed to adhere to democratic centralism and collective leadership system, against the cult of personality, and the development of inner-party democracy, and to strengthen the party and the masses. The deputies of

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