Research On The Agricultural And Rural Publicity Of "Red Flag" Magazine During The "Great Leap Forward" Period

On May 25 th,1958,at the height of the "Great Leap Forward" movement,China was born with a theoretical journal-"Red Flag",which has influenced society for decades.During this period,the articles in "Red Flag" magazine included various aspects of economic,political,and social life,which better reflected the historical situation of China at that time and was an important historical witness of Chinese society during the "Great Leap Forward" period.Especially in the field of agriculture and rural areas,the "Red Flag" magazine during the "Great Leap Forward" period published a large number of articles on agriculture and rural areas.These articles are not only a demonstration of China’s agricultural and rural conditions and the Party’s agricultural and rural policies during the "Great Leap Forward" period,but also have a significant impact on the agricultural and rural construction during the "Great Leap Forward" period and even later socialist construction,and also provide important experience for the Party’s propaganda work today.This article consists of three main parts: introduction,text,and conclusion.The introduction mainly describes the origin and significance of this topic,summarizes the research summary of "Red Flag" magazine,expounds the key points and difficulties of this research,as well as the innovation and shortcomings of this writing,and finally introduces the research methods of this article.The main body of this article consists of four parts:The first part combs the establishment and development of "Red Flag" magazine during the "Great Leap Forward" period and the background of its propaganda for agriculture and rural areas.In order to publicize the proletarian ideology,transmit the Chinese voice,and enhance the theoretical skills of party members and cadres,the Fifth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to establish the "Red Flag".During the "Great Leap Forward" period,"Red Flag" developed in terms of content,creative team,and form.On the issue of agriculture and rural areas,influenced by significant changes in rural production relations,the urgency of agricultural construction tasks,and the importance attached by party and state leaders,the Red Flag has conducted a large amount of publicity on agriculture and rural areas.The article can be generally divided into three categories:agricultural and rural construction,people’s communes,and support for the restoration of agriculture.The second part summarizes the content and characteristics of "Red Flag" magazine’s agricultural and rural propaganda during the "Great Leap Forward" period.In terms of content,"Red Flag" magazine actively publicizes the construction of farmland water conservancy and agricultural technology improvement,vigorously publicizes the people’s communes,and grandly publicizes the achievements of agricultural and rural indicators and the role of people in agricultural labor.In the late stage of the "Great Leap Forward",it also focused on promoting the institutional adjustment of agricultural and rural areas and calling on various industries to support agriculture.During this period,"Red Flag" articles presented characteristics of strong theoretical nature,the vane of the Party’s policies,and the link between transmission and transmission.The third part summarizes the impact of the "Red Flag" magazine’s agricultural and rural reports during the "Great Leap Forward" period.From a positive perspective,"Red Flag" has promoted the progress of agriculture to a certain extent,and also helped people establish the concept of the fundamental position of agriculture in the national economy.On the negative side,the propaganda during this period laid a foundation for the "left" leaning ideology of the Cultural Revolution,while erroneous propaganda also brought economic losses to socialist construction.The exaggerated reports on agriculture and rural areas affected the correct decision-making of the Party and the government,and to some extent damaged the credibility of the Party’s journals.The fourth part summarizes the experience that "Red Flag" magazine brought to the Party’s propaganda work during this period.The main experience of the "Red Flag" during this period is that the propaganda work should adhere to the leadership of the Party,play a correct role in economic construction,play a correct role in ideological and political education,grasp the Party’s policies on agriculture and rural areas,be truthful,objective,and fair,and finally be close to and understand the masses.In the conclusion,this article once again emphasizes the importance of "Red Flag" magazine and summarizes its impact on today.