I tell the Prime Minister the truth

Author: Li Changping
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Rural debt – a time bomb, Five challenges facing rural tax reform, "My letter to the peasants is the beginning of my repentance," Give the peasants the right to a rest! Rural burden and the spirit of Yu Gong moving mountains, Liberating the peasants – the fundamental way to increase farmers' income, My confusion – the problem of studying the "three rural issues," Professor Li Yining should go to the countryside for re-education, Who stripped children of their right to compulsory education, Bu Yun's "Direct Election of Township Heads" – another great innovation by the peasants, I seek solutions for the "three rural issues" – should we establish before breaking or break before establishing. On March 8, 2000, Li Changping, with deep compassion for Chinese peasants, profound concerns for the Chinese economy, and loyalty to the Communist Party of China, wrote in an article titled "The Heart of a Township Party Secretary" and truthfully reported to Premier Zhu Rongji the situation of "rural areas are truly poor, farmers are truly suffering, and agriculture is truly in danger." Premier Zhu and other central leaders were deeply moved by his report twice, which triggered a "largely public" rural reform in Hubei and also changed Li Changping's life path.