The third chapter recalls how socialist undertakings suffered during the 10-year “cultural revolution,” and how the Chinese people learnt historical lessons from this bitter experience. The last chapter records the great historic transition and start of reform and opening-up.

The "cultural revolution," which lasted from May 1966 to October 1976, was responsible for the most severe setback and the heaviest losses suffered by the Party, the state and the people since the founding of the People's Republic. It was initiated and led by Comrade Mao Zedong.

Whether the proletariat is able to take firm root in the positions of culture and education and transform them with Mao Tsetung Thought is the key question in carrying the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution through to the end.

In order to continue the revolution in the realm of the superstructure, it is imperative to carry out conscientiously all Chairman Mao's proletarian policies. Policies for the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution were early explicitly stipulated in the Circular of May 16, 1966 and the 16-Point Decision of August 1966.

2019年3月21日 · In the past 20 years, especially since the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, we have fought the elements, transformed the barren mountains and subdued the floods with the result that we have rapidly changed Nankunlungkou into a socialist new countryside.

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is a great political revolution personally initiated and led by our great leader Chairman Mao under the conditions of the dictatorship of the proletariat, a great revolution in the realm of the superstructure.

2019年10月14日 · 1966年，正当我国基本完成调整经济的任务，开始执行发展国民经济第三个五年计划的时候，“文化大革命”发生了。 “文化大革命”是由毛泽东同志发动和领导的。 他发动这场“大革命”的出发点是防止资本主义复辟、维护党的纯洁性和寻求中国自己的建设社会主义的道路。 但他当时对党和国家的政治状况的错误估计，已经发展到非常严重的程度。 “文化大革命”历经从 …

sums up systematically the experience of the great proletarian cultural revolution of our country, analyses the situation at home and abroad and sets forth the fighting tasks hereafter for the whole Party, the whole army and the whole nation. It is a great pro-

2021年11月16日 · Under a completely erroneous appraisal of the prevailing class relations and the political situation in the Party and the country, Comrade Mao Zedong launched and led the Cultural Revolution.

Lin Biao, Jiang Qing, Kang Sheng, Zhang Chunqiao and others, acting chiefly in the name of the "Cultural Revolution Group," exploited the situation to incite people to "overthrow everything and wage full scale civil war."