IN THE CHINESE PRESS
16th April, 1977
CHINA'S INDUSTRY IS GIVING PRIORITY TO EXPORT
Editorial Ming Pao Daily News
Persistent reports in Canton say a national industrial conference
to learn from Taching is scheduled to open in Peking today. In our
analysis yesterday on Chairman Hua Kuo-feng's latest directive,
we said the part dealing with economy could be summed up in eight
Chinese characters meaning: high speed development, strengthened
management, improved technique and better life for the people.
Hua's instruction is identical with the 20-article programme on
speeding up industrial development formulated by Teng Hsiao-ping
and Li Hsien-nien in 1975. We said that delegates to the forthcoming
conference on industrial development would discuss the line advocated
by Hua Kuo-feng and the discussions would centre on the 20-article
programme approved by the State Council in 1975.
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When the Cang of Four was in power the so-called "20 articles on
industry" was branded as one of the "three poisonous weeds,
but the programme has apparently turned into fragrant flowers
again. The contents of the 20-article programme were partly
revealed during the criticise-Teng campaign but were distorted to
some extent to justify the charges against Teng Hsiao-ping. The
Chinese authorities did not at the time publish the full text of the
programme for the obvious reason that it was a rational programme
and would win the approval and even applause from anyone with a
little common sense. The resolutions to be passed by the industrial
conference now being held in Peking are expected to be somewhat
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