中国戏剧家协会第三届常务理事会第二次扩大会议,于二月二十六日至三月三日在北京举行。中共中央宣传部副部长、全国文联主席周扬在会上强调指出:戏剧应该在建设社会主义精神文明中发挥重大作用。他希望广大戏剧工作者要拿出勇气,努力革新,以对人民高度负责的精神,认真、刻苦地从事创作和演出。与会的戏剧家们热烈响应周扬同志的号召,一致表示,在新的一年里,要紧密地团结在党中央 The Second Enlarged Meeting of the Third Executive Council of the Chinese Dramatists Association was held in Beijing from February 26 to March 3. Zhou Yang, vice chairman of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the All-China Literary Federation, emphasized at the conference that drama should play a major role in building a socialist spiritual civilization. He hoped that the broad masses of theatrical workers should show their courage, make innovations, and be creative and perform earnestly and painstakingly in a spirit of being highly responsible to the people. Dramatists at the meeting responded enthusiastically to the call of Comrade Zhou Yang and agreed that in the new year, they should unite closely with the party Central Committee