THE HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION OF IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY OF “BUILDING THE COUNTRY THROUGH DILIGENCE ANDFRUGALITY” IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE FOUNDING OF NEW CHINA (1949-1958)

“Building the country through diligence and frugality” was an important policy for national construction in the early days of the founding of New China. Based on the authoritative original documents of the Communist Party of China (CPC), this article systematically examines the times, main contents and value contributions of the policy. Through the institutionalized construction of central policy instructions, ministerial implementation plans and local supporting policies, combined with the dual driving mechanism of increasing production and saving movement and budget constraints, as well as the precise regulation of capital construction, administrative expenditure and consumption behaviour, the policy of “building the country through diligence and frugality” has effectively solved the funding problem of giving priority to the development of heavy industry, consolidated the people's political power led by the CPC, reshaped the spiritual tradition of the Chinese nation's hard struggle, and provided historical