On this day, 45 years ago, on September 2, 1980 (July 23, 1980 in the lunar calendar), the State Council approved the further expansion of corporate autonomy. On September 2, 1980, the State Council approved the "Report on the Pilot Work of Expanding Enterprise Autonomy and Future Opinions" by the State Economic Commission. The "Report" approved that starting from 1981, the work of expanding enterprise autonomy should be comprehensively promoted among state-owned industrial enterprises, so that enterprises can have greater autonomy in people, property, production, supply and marketing. In terms of institutions and personnel, pilot enterprises have the right to decide on their own institutional establishment and staffing, and appoint and remove cadres at and below the middle level; Have the right to dismiss employees in accordance with labor discipline. The main leading cadres in enterprise workshops and teams must be democratically elected. In pilot enterprises with conditions, factory-level leading cadres can also be democratically elected and reported to the higher-level competent department for approval and appointment.