Do-it-yourself and have plenty of food and clothing is the slogan of "Do-it-yourself" put forward by Mao Zedong at the Yan 'an production mobilization meeting in February 1939. Then the base areas gradually launched a large-scale production movement.

The slogan of "Do it yourself and have plenty of food and clothing" is the goal of overcoming economic difficulties and realizing self-sufficiency in production in all base areas. After liberation, this slogan has always been an action command of the party and the government to encourage people to help themselves in production when the economy of the whole country or a certain region is in trouble.

Historical background:

After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression entered the stalemate stage, due to the brutal "mopping-up" of the Japanese aggressor troops, the economic blockade of the Kuomintang die-hards and the successive natural famines in North China, the financial difficulties in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines became increasingly difficult, and the supply of troops was on the verge of being cut off, and they fell into the predicament of no food, no clothes, no cover and no funds.

In order to support the long-term anti-Japanese war and defeat the Japanese invaders, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong mobilized the party, government, army and people in the anti-Japanese base areas to stand on their own feet, overcome difficulties and tide over difficulties.

The chairman called for:

1939 February, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a production mobilization meeting in Yan 'an. Mao Zedong called on the soldiers and civilians in the Shensi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region to "do it themselves and be self-sufficient in production" and asked the troops to participate in the production movement and not to interfere with production. In response to this call, the party, government and army and the masses in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region first launched a large-scale production movement.

1940 In February, the Central Military Commission issued the "Instructions on Launching Production Movements" to the whole army, and various anti-Japanese base areas in North China and Central China successively launched large-scale production movements. 194265438+February, Mao Zedong published "Economic Problems and Financial Problems", and put forward the general policy of "developing economy and ensuring supply".

Since then, he has published articles and speeches such as "Launching Rent Reduction Movement, Supporting the Government by Production, Caring for the People in the Base Areas", "Organizing" and "Must Learn to Do Economic Work", calling on the military and civilians in the Base Areas to launch a self-help movement in production, strive to develop agriculture, and run industries, handicrafts, transportation, animal husbandry and commerce.

"Do it yourself and have plenty of food and clothing" to overcome difficulties has become the basic program of the mass production movement. The soldiers and civilians in the anti-Japanese base areas actively responded to the call and took immediate action. In addition to actively developing agricultural production, the anti-Japanese democratic governments have also established many self-sufficient factories, and the army, party and government organs and schools have also developed some self-sufficient economies.