Abstract:
The permanently harnessing the Haihe River movement was a large-scale mass water management campaign carried out during the collectivization period. Unlike the generally lax labor and low efficiency prevalent in rural production teams at that time, the migrant workers on the Haihe River construction site worked intensely and efficiently. This contrast was largely due to the unique organizational model and management system of the migrant workers. The migrant workers on the construction site were organized into highly structured collectives with neatly organized labor forces and relatively simple job types, facilitating supervision and management. The project headquarters not only continuously carried out ideological work and used competition and evaluation as a method to urge early completion, but also implemented a responsibility-based labor system. These practices not only continued the traditional working methods formed by the Communist Party of China during the revolutionary era, but also reflected the understanding and practice of planned economy after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and to a certain extent, contained the embryonic form of the system that later led to the direction of reform and opening up. Driven by various factors, the migrant workers participating in the radicalization of the Haihe River maintained a high level of labor enthusiasm, demonstrating the Communist Party of China’s exploration and practice of efficient management methods and system construction in the process of revolution and construction.