▁China ” ▁and ▁was ▁adopted ▁during ▁the ▁Six th ▁Pl en ary ▁Session ▁of ▁the ▁Ele vent h ▁Central ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁regard ▁to ▁foreign ▁economic ▁relations , ▁the ▁resolution ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁by ▁ad her ing ▁to ▁the ▁principle ▁of ▁self - re liance , ▁the ▁party ▁over c ame ▁the ▁w art ime ▁block ade ▁from ▁the ▁National ist ▁Party ▁and ▁Japanese ▁army . ▁Sub sequently , ▁“ v ict ory ▁in ▁the ▁Chinese ▁revolution ▁was ▁won ▁because ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁ad her ed ▁to ▁the ▁principle ▁of ▁independence ▁and ▁self - re liance ▁and ▁dep ended ▁on ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁the ▁whole ▁Chinese ▁people .” ▁After ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁the ▁party ▁continued ▁to ▁ad here ▁to ▁the ▁principle ▁to ▁achieve ▁economic ▁development . ▁The ▁resolution ▁states ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁the ▁central ▁leaders ▁adopted ▁new ▁policies ▁to ▁“ correct ▁the ▁short com ings ▁and ▁mistakes ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁two ▁years ▁in ▁our ▁economic ▁work ▁and ▁eliminate ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁‘ Left ’ ▁errors ▁that ▁had ▁pers isted ▁in ▁this ▁field .” ▁To ▁improve ▁the ▁people ’ s ▁liv elihood , ▁the ▁leaders ▁believed ▁that ▁“ active ▁efforts ▁must ▁be ▁made ▁to ▁promote ▁economic ▁and ▁technical ▁co - operation ▁with ▁other ▁countries ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁independence ▁and ▁self - re liance .” ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁resolution ▁was ▁widely ▁considered ▁as ▁D eng