Mao Zedong clearly pointed out at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh CPC Central Committee that the focus of the Party's work should be shifted from rural areas to cities. 1949 From March 5 to March 3, the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Xibaipo. The plenary session focused on the strategic shift of the party's work focus, that is, the shift of work focus from rural areas to cities.

Mao Zedong pointed out in his report: "The Second Plenary Session is an urban work conference and a historical turning point." Lin also pointed out in his speech: "This meeting is a turning point in history, and it can also be said to be an' urban work conference'".

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The Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out that "the period when the Party concentrated on the countryside and surrounded the cities with the countryside has ended. From then on, the city went to the countryside and the city led the countryside. Of course, urban and rural areas must be taken into account, and we must never lose the countryside and only care about the city.

But the focus of the work must be on the city, and we must make great efforts to learn to manage and build the city. ""The Party should immediately start construction, learn to manage cities step by step, and take the recovery and development of urban production as the center. Other work in the city must focus on and serve the center of production and construction. "

People's Daily Online-All previous urban work conferences held in the history of China Production Party.