73 years ago today, on January 26, 1952 (December 30, 1951 in the lunar calendar), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China launched the "three evils" and "five evils" campaigns. Wang Kangnian, a capitalist at Shanghai Dakang Pharmacy, was sentenced to death for selling fake and inferior medicines to volunteers. On January 26, 1952, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Instructions on Launching a Large-scale, Resolute and Thorough" Five Evils "Struggle in Cities within a Time Limit." "Five evils" refer to opposing bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, cutting corners and theft of economic intelligence. Together with the anti-corruption, anti-waste and anti-bureaucracy mentioned by Mao Zedong in his New Year's Day message on January 1, 1952, it is collectively called "three evils" and "five evils". Capitalists in the International Trade Industry in Huangpu District, Shanghai queued up to submit confession letters to the "Five Anti" Committee Factory Workers Struggle Capitalists