There are different views and controversies about the achievements of China's socialist construction from 1966 to 1976, especially on the Internet, where some people closely associate the first 30 years of New China with "poverty" and "backwardness", and even regard them as synonymous with the first 30 years.
Let us review the "Work Report" made by Premier *** at the Fourth National People's Congress in 1975 and feel the truth of history. The report comprehensively, objectively, accurately, and realistically summed up China's tremendous achievements in the political, economic, cultural, educational, scientific, technological, artistic, and diplomatic fields since the Third National People's Congress in 1964.
According to statistics, China has overfulfilled the Third Five-Year Plan, and the Fourth Five-Year Plan will also be successfully completed. The 13 consecutive bumper harvests in agriculture and the estimated increase in agricultural output in 1974 by 51 per cent over 1964 fully demonstrated the superiority of the people's commune system.
At the same time, since the liberation of the country, although China's population has increased by 60%, grain production has increased by 14 times, cotton yield increased by 47 times, providing a guarantee for the basic needs of the people for food and clothing.
On the industrial front, gross industrial output in 1974 is expected to increase by 1 compared to 19649 times, the output of major products has increased significantly, and steel has increased by 12 times, raw coal increased by 91%, oil increased by 65 times, 2 times more power generation, 3 times more fertilizer3 times, tractor growth 52 times, cotton yarn increased by 85%, and chemical fiber increased by 33 times.
In addition, in the past 10 years, we have relied on our own strength to build 1,100 large and medium-sized projects, successfully conducted hydrogen bomb tests, and launched artificial earth satellites.
Contrary to the turbulence and inflation of the capitalist world economy, China's fiscal balance is balanced, and there is neither foreign nor domestic debt; The people's living standards have gradually improved, and socialist construction is thriving and thriving.
We have won remarkable victories in the global struggle against colonialism, imperialism and, above all, the hegemony of the superpowers. We have successfully resisted the encirclement, blockade, aggression and subversion of imperialism and social-imperialism, and strengthened our solidarity with the peoples of all countries in the world, especially the peoples of the third world.
My country has finally been restored after many years of being unlawfully deprived of its seat in the United Nations. The number of countries that have established diplomatic relations with our country has exceeded 100.
There are more than 150 countries and regions that have carried out economic and cultural exchanges with our country. Our struggle has enjoyed widespread sympathy and support from the people of all countries, and our friends are all over the world.
According to the instructions of the third people's congress, the work report of the third people's congress envisaged that at the beginning of the third five-year plan, the development of China's national economy can be divided into two steps: the first step is to build an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system in 15 years, that is, before 1980; The second step is to comprehensively realize the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology within this century, so that China's national economy will become a world leader.
Delegates, under the leadership of the first leader, the people of our country have united as one, risen to the challenge, and built a poor and backward country into an initially prosperous socialist country in just over 20 years.
We are determined to build our country into a modern socialist power in the next 20 years or so! Today, we have conducted an in-depth study of the "Work Report" of the Fourth National People's Congress, which is an important reference for understanding and evaluating the national construction of the first 30 years of New China objectively, accurately and realistically.
At the same time, this will also give a powerful response to those who unreasonably attack and blindly deny the history of New China. Facts speak louder than words, and this is a good warning and reminder for those who slander and deny the history of New China.