1960年7月15日,中共江苏省委向各地、市、县委批转了扬州地委关于宝应事件的报告,指出:“宝应事件,主要是由于以宝应县委第一书记徐向东为首的几个主要领导成员,政治上、思想上蜕化变质所造成的恶果,对上欺骗、蒙混、敷衍,不说真话,对干部和群众压抑、打击,而且发展到严重的违背党的政策和违法乱纪的地步 July 15, 1960, the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee approved the report of Yangzhou Prefecture on the Baoying incident to all localities, cities and county committees and pointed out: ”The Baoying incident was mainly due to the fact that a few headed by Xu Xiangdong, First Secretary of Baoying County The main leaders, politically and ideologically, degenerated into degenerative causes. They were deceitful, confused and perfunctory, did not tell the truth, suppressed and cracked down cadres and the masses, and went so far as to seriously violate the party’s policies and laws and discipline The point