On this day, 72 years ago, on September 8, 1953 (August 1, 1953 in the lunar calendar), Zhou Enlai talked about the general line for the transition period. From September 8 to 11, 1953, the 49th enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the China People's Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing. Premier Zhou Enlai of the State Council delivered a report on "The General Line for the Transition Period" at the meeting. The report covers three aspects: (1) The general line for the transition period. The length of the transition period depends on socialist transformation. What is socialism? The most basic thing is the completion of socialist transformation, the abolition of private capitalist ownership of the means of production, and the collectivization of agriculture and handicrafts. During the transition period, a gentle and gradual transition approach was adopted to increase the proportion of socialist elements day by day. (2) About the first five-year plan. The basic tasks are: first, concentrate the main forces on developing heavy industry, developing transportation, light industry, agriculture and expanding commerce; Step-by-step promote the cooperative transformation of agriculture and handicrafts and the transformation of private industry and commerce. (3) About socialist transformation and state capitalism. The final transformation is to abolish private ownership of the means of production and turn it into state ownership or collective ownership.