Bring out the Superiority of the System of Contracted Responsibilities on the Household Basis

The system of contracted responsibilities on the household basis has been popularized in Gansu's rural areas. It has consolidated the fruit of cooperativization and overcome malpractices in operation and management. By lending a mighty impetus to rural economic growth, it has led agricultural production onto a path of vigorous development. The system of contracting production responsibility on a household basis has been implemented for just a short time and a number of outstanding problems have yet to be addressed. After a period of recuperation and building up of strength, the peasants begin to purchase large production equipment, strive to master new techniques, and improve production facilities in order to get into the full swing of production. With the system of contracted responsibilities beginning to take effect, the peasants right now need stability and aspire for progress. Under the circumstances, the leadership should focus its efforts on further consolidating and perfecting the responsibility system and fully tapping the potential of the vast numbers of peasant households. It should not adopt administrative measures to promote hastily some untested new proposals, hoping to popularize them immediately. For agricultural production to move gradually toward specialization and socialization is an objective law of necessity; however, it takes a process of orderly and step-by-step progress.