Mayor Peng Zhen

Author: Li Haiwen, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Before the Cultural Revolution, Peng Zhen served as a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and concurrently as the Mayor of Beijing for 17 years and the Party Secretary of Beijing for 15 years. In the summer of 1966, the unprecedented Cultural Revolution storm broke out. Peng Zhen was overthrown and the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee was reorganized. Why did this happen? This book can provide you with some answers. Peng Zhen proposed the forward-thinking guiding principle for Beijing's development: "wide roads, large squares, and extensive green spaces," emphasizing the need to "leave room for future development." The ten major projects he personally participated in directing, such as the People's Great Hall, left a wealth of lessons for later generations. Peng Zhen first proposed establishing neighborhood committees in cities and village self-governing committees in rural areas. These fundamental, long-term institutional innovations hold a pivotal position in China's democratic and legal development. His maxims, such as "equality before the law," "equality before truth," and "to make eight directions your enemies in work," have become a mirror for guiding future generations.