On this day, 68 years ago, June 8, 1957 (May 11, 1957 in the lunar calendar), my country's anti-rightist movement began. Large-scale rally to denounce the Rightists In April 1957, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to carry out a rectification movement throughout the party. On June 8, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Instructions on Organizing Forces to Prepare to Counterattack the Rightists." The People's Daily also published "Why?" Editorial. All provinces and municipal agencies, colleges and universities, and party newspapers at all levels are required to actively prepare to counter the attacks of rightists. He believed that "this is a big battle (the battlefield is both within and outside the party). Without winning this battle, socialism cannot be built, and there is some danger of the 'Hungarian Incident'." From then on, a large-scale anti-rightist struggle was launched across the country. In the summer of 1958, the anti-rightist struggle basically ended. In September 1978, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, based on the principle of seeking truth from facts and correcting mistakes, decided to conduct a review and redress those who were wrongly designated as rightists. During the anti-rightist movement, employees of the Ministry of Communications criticized Minister Zhang Bojun and Xu Zhucheng, president and editor-in-chief of Wenhui Newspaper, for criticizing him. He was later classified as a rightist. On June 8, 1957, the People's Daily published an editorial "Why?" The slogan "Anti-Rightist" officially kicked off the anti-Rightist movement and appeared in the ranks of the 1957 National Day parade