国务院副总理李富春十三日在北京作了关于「厉行节约,为完成社会主义建设而奋斗」的报告。中央各机关、各民主党派、各人民团体的负责工作人员,在京全国人民代表大会代表,中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会在京委员,北京、天津两市负责人以及各地来京出席各种专业会议的代表等参加了报告会。李富春在报告中首先说明中国共产党历次提出的厉行节约的方针。他说,勤劳勇敢、艰苦奋斗、克服困难、坚韧不拔是中国共产党和中国劳动人民的优良传统。中国共产党中央和毛主席在经济恢复时期和五年计划实行的第一年,就提出增加生产、厉行节约和在发展生产的基础上逐步改善人民生活的这一坚定不移的方针。在五年计划开始的第一年,中央还提出了「适用、经济、可能条件下的美观」的基本建设方针。中央的这些方针,是根据中国的经济特点、根据列宁、斯大林关于社会主义经济的节约制度的原理并吸取苏联建设社会主义的实际经验提出 Vice Premier Li Fuchun made a report on “practicing economy and struggling to complete socialist construction” in Beijing on the 13th. The responsible personnel of the various organs of the Central Government, the democratic parties and the people’s organizations, the representatives of the National People’s Congress of Beijing, the Beijing Committee members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, heads of cities of Beijing and Tianjin, and all over Beijing to attend various professional conferences Representatives attended the meeting. In his report, Li Fuchun first described the pragmatic and economical guideline put forward by the Chinese Communist Party. He said: Being industrious and brave, working hard, overcoming difficulties, perseverance is a fine tradition of the Chinese Communist Party and the working people in China. In the first year of economic recovery and the implementation of the five-year plan, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao proposed the firm policy of increasing production, practicing economy and gradually improving people’s livelihood on the basis of developing production. In the first year of the five-year plan, the Central Government also proposed the basic principle of “application, economy and possible aesthetics”. These guidelines from the Central Government are formulated according to the economic characteristics of China and according to Lenin and Stalin’s theory of the economical system of socialist economy and drawing on the practical experience of the Soviet Union in building socialism