The Three-anti Campaign (1951) and Five-anti Campaign (1952) (Chinese: 三反五反; pinyin: sān fǎn wǔ fǎn) were reform movements originally issued by Mao Zedong a few years after the founding of the People's Republic of China in an effort to rid Chinese cities of corruption and enemies of the state. The result turned into a series of campaigns that consolidated Mao's power base by targeting political opponents and capitalists, especially wealthy capitalists.[1]
The Three-anti Campaign was launched in Northeast China at the end of 1951. It was aimed at members within the Chinese Communist Party, former Kuomintang members and bureaucratic officials who were not party members.[2]
The Five-Antis Campaign occurred in the midst of the Korean War and was a key campaign in the Communist Party's effort to eliminate private property.[4]: 163 It both extracted funds from the private sector to support China's involvement in the war and further restrained the power of Chinese capitalists.[4]: 163
oppositional towards theft of state property (反盗骗国家财产)
oppositional towards tax evasion (反偷税漏税)
oppositional towards cheating on government contracts (反偷工减料)
oppositional towards stealing state economic intelligence (反盗窃国家经济情报).
An estimated 20,000 cadres and 6,000 trained workers began spying on the business affairs of fellow citizens. The media encouraged compliance with the government policies. Up to 15,000 trained propagandists were working in Shanghai by late 1951.[2] By February 1952, parades of anti-Capitalist activists went door-to-door to visit business leaders. It created immense psychological pressure. Shanghai wards were set up to receive criticism letters from any employees. As many as 18,000 letters came in the first week of February 1952, and 210,000 came in by the end of the first month. Cadres of party members would join in on the attack. Some big companies would voluntarily make 1,000 confessions a day to try to protect themselves from the government.[2] A prime example was the Dahua copper company owner who originally over-confessed by claiming to have illegally obtained 50 million yuan. His employees continued to criticize the owner for greater crime until he reconfessed to having obtained 2 billion yuan.[2]
Aftermathedit
Many private business owners were fined during the Five-Antis campaign or prosecuted on charges such as tax evasion, bribery, misappropriation of public property, stealing state economic information, or cheating on labor materials.[4]: 163 As the Communist Party later acknowledged, the amount of illegal income attributed to those punished was often overestimated, and some of those punished were forced to confess, suffered physical violence, or were executed.[4]: 163–164
According to Mao, "We must probably execute 10,000 to several tens of thousands of embezzlers nationwide before we can solve the problem."[5] There were hundreds of thousands of suicides (though it is debatable whether many of these were voluntary) that were a direct result of these campaigns.[6] The campaigns negatively impacted the economy of big cities such as Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, forcing many businessmen to commit suicide.[7][8][9][10] In Shanghai alone, from January 25 to April 1, 1952, at least 876 people committed suicide.[8][9][10]
Through these campaigns, the Communist Party demonstrated that it would no longer protect private business, and that Chinese capitalists would receive treatment no better than foreign.[2] The Korean War initially provided opportunities in Northern China, giving rise to a new class of capitalists, many of whom would be prosecuted under the Marxist policies of the Communist Party. Many of these people eventually borrowed money from the government to pay off government fines, creating a complex financial pattern.[2] A series of anti campaigns were launched by the Chinese government in the following years.[11]
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The Three anti Campaign 1951 and Five anti Campaign 1952 Chinese 三反五反 pinyin san fǎn wǔ fǎn were reform movements originally issued by Mao Zedong a few years after the founding of the People s Republic of China in an effort to rid Chinese cities of corruption and enemies of the state The result turned into a series of campaigns that consolidated Mao s power base by targeting political opponents and capitalists especially wealthy capitalists 1 Three anti and Five anti CampaignsA campaign conference in Shanghai 1952 Native name三反五反运动LocationChina Nationwide concentrated in Beijing Date1952 January 1952 April 1952TargetAllegedly corrupt officials government bureaucrats bureaucraticism capitalists and business ownersAttack typePolitical PersecutionDeaths100 000 allegedly through suicide Victims10 000 Estimated PerpetratorsChinese Communist Party CCP Cadres political fanaticsMotiveAttack of political opponents of Mao Zedong the state bureaucracy elimination of political enemies and consolidation of power Contents 1 The Three anti campaign 2 The Five anti campaign 3 Aftermath 4 See also 5 ReferencesThe Three anti campaign editThree anti and Five anti CampaignsSimplified Chinese三反五反Traditional Chinese三反五反Literal meaningThree anti CampaignTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinsan fǎn wǔ fǎnWade Gilessan1 fan3 wu3 fan3The Three anti Campaign was launched in Northeast China at the end of 1951 It was aimed at members within the Chinese Communist Party former Kuomintang members and bureaucratic officials who were not party members 2 The 3 antis imposed were anti corruption 反贪污 anti waste 反浪费 anti bureaucratism 反官僚主义 3 The Five anti campaign editThe Five Antis Campaign occurred in the midst of the Korean War and was a key campaign in the Communist Party s effort to eliminate private property 4 163 It both extracted funds from the private sector to support China s involvement in the war and further restrained the power of Chinese capitalists 4 163 The 5 antis were anti bribery 反行贿 2 oppositional towards theft of state property 反盗骗国家财产 oppositional towards tax evasion 反偷税漏税 oppositional towards cheating on government contracts 反偷工减料 oppositional towards stealing state economic intelligence 反盗窃国家经济情报 An estimated 20 000 cadres and 6 000 trained workers began spying on the business affairs of fellow citizens The media encouraged compliance with the government policies Up to 15 000 trained propagandists were working in Shanghai by late 1951 2 By February 1952 parades of anti Capitalist activists went door to door to visit business leaders It created immense psychological pressure Shanghai wards were set up to receive criticism letters from any employees As many as 18 000 letters came in the first week of February 1952 and 210 000 came in by the end of the first month Cadres of party members would join in on the attack Some big companies would voluntarily make 1 000 confessions a day to try to protect themselves from the government 2 A prime example was the Dahua copper company owner who originally over confessed by claiming to have illegally obtained 50 million yuan His employees continued to criticize the owner for greater crime until he reconfessed to having obtained 2 billion yuan 2 Aftermath editMany private business owners were fined during the Five Antis campaign or prosecuted on charges such as tax evasion bribery misappropriation of public property stealing state economic information or cheating on labor materials 4 163 As the Communist Party later acknowledged the amount of illegal income attributed to those punished was often overestimated and some of those punished were forced to confess suffered physical violence or were executed 4 163 164 According to Mao We must probably execute 10 000 to several tens of thousands of embezzlers nationwide before we can solve the problem 5 There were hundreds of thousands of suicides though it is debatable whether many of these were voluntary that were a direct result of these campaigns 6 The campaigns negatively impacted the economy of big cities such as Shanghai Tianjin and Chongqing forcing many businessmen to commit suicide 7 8 9 10 In Shanghai alone from January 25 to April 1 1952 at least 876 people committed suicide 8 9 10 Through these campaigns the Communist Party demonstrated that it would no longer protect private business and that Chinese capitalists would receive treatment no better than foreign 2 The Korean War initially provided opportunities in Northern China giving rise to a new class of capitalists many of whom would be prosecuted under the Marxist policies of the Communist Party Many of these people eventually borrowed money from the government to pay off government fines creating a complex financial pattern 2 A series of anti campaigns were launched by the Chinese government in the following years 11 See also editList of campaigns of the Chinese Communist Party Gu Zhun Economy of ChinaReferences edit Dillon Michael 1998 1998 China A Historical and Cultural Dictionary Routledge publishing ISBN 0 7007 0439 6 a b c d e f g Spence Jonathan D 1991 1991 The Search for Modern China WW Norton amp Company publishing ISBN 0 393 30780 8 Lawrence Alan 2003 2003 China since 1919 Revolution and Reform a Sourcebook Routledge ISBN 0 415 25142 7 a b c d Dong Madeline Yue 2022 Nationalizing Food Provision in Beijing In Altehenger Jennifer Ho Denise Y eds Material Contradictions in Mao s China Seattle University of Washington Press ISBN 978 0 295 75085 9 Changyu Li Mao s Killing Quotas Human Rights in China HRIC 26 September 2005 at Shandong University PDF Archived from the original PDF on 29 July 2009 Short Philip 2001 Mao A Life Owl Books p 437 ISBN 0 8050 6638 1 Archived from the original on 2019 02 20 Retrieved 2016 06 04 Chen Theodore Hsi En Chen Wen Hui C March 1953 The Three Anti and Five Anti Movements in Communist China Pacific Affairs 26 1 3 23 doi 10 2307 2752900 JSTOR 2752900 a b Zhang Ming 执政的道德困境与突围之道 三反五反 运动解析 PDF in Chinese Chinese University of Hong Kong a b Liu Yongfeng 2013 07 26 那一年 中国商贾千人跳楼 全家共赴黄泉 图 Sohu in Chinese Archived from the original on 2013 08 01 Retrieved 2019 11 22 a b Yang Kuisong 2012 09 28 三反五反 资产阶级命运的终结 Phoenix New Media in Chinese Archived from the original on 2017 10 31 Retrieved 2019 11 22 Fisac Taciana and Fernandez Stembridge Leila 2003 2003 China Today Economic Reforms Social Cohesion and Collective Identities Routledge publishing ISBN 0 415 31267 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Three anti and Five anti Campaigns amp oldid 1192291379, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
