September 16, 1978 (August 14), Wu Wu, Deng Xiaoping in Jilin criticize the "two whatevers".

1978 9 16, Deng Xiaoping during inspections in the Jilin Province, listen to the member of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Committee reporting speech again criticized the "two whatevers". He said, how to hold high the banner of Mao Zedong Thought, is a big problem. Inside and outside the party, a lot of people at home and abroad in favor of holding high the banner of Mao Zedong Thought. "Two whatevers" not really exalted formalism hold high false hold high. Doing things like this continues to damage the Mao Zedong Thought. Mao Zedong Thought, the basic point is to seek truth from facts, that is, the combination of the universal principles of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution. Mao Zedong Thought is the essence of "seeking truth from facts" four characters. Us hold high the banner of Mao Zedong Thought, is dealing with a wide range of approaches to policy issues, we must proceed from reality. Deng Xiaoping pointed out that the "two whatevers" point of view is not correct, Mao Zedong was alive and certainly can not agree.