On The Small Third-front Construction In Hebei

From the medium of the 1960' s to the end of the 1970' s in 20th century, under the lead of the center, Hebei made a movement centered on the construction of war industry and aimed at war preparation- the small third-front construction. It had to need a large sum of money, a long time and a wide range. It had great influence on the building of national defense and economic construction and social development. This essay looks back and makes a summary of the small third-front construction in Hebei. The thesis could be divided into three parts:Part I deals with the idea of preparing for war because of the invironment getting worse along China' s borders and of changing China' s distribution in industry. The center has decides to carry out the third-front construction throughout the country, and put forward the main tasks for each province, city and autonomous region. Hebei, which has an important geographical position, also starts the prelude for the small third-front construction.Part II it deals in five aspects with the whole development of the small third-front construction, from the establishment of leading organization, the selection of the rear base, the investment of manpower, the association activities with the outside world, the development' s results. And it paints out that although there were particular conditions then, yet the achievement made was great.Part III evaluates the small third-front construction. Proceeding from the social background then, it analyses the experience and lessons from various angles by materialist dialectics way. Though there are quite a few problems for all kinds of reasons, it plays an important part both in improving Hebei' s military power, improving remote mountain areas and developing industry, transportation, communication and relate trades.