83 years ago today, on February 20, 1942 (January 6, 1942 in the lunar calendar), the Jin-Hebei-Luyu Border Region decided to streamline its army and government. On February 20, 1942, the Jin-Hebei-Luyu Border Region decided on the specific measures for streamlining its army and government. Reducing government by streamlining troops is one of the 10 basic policies put forward by the party successively. These 10 policies are: fighting the enemy, reducing government by streamlining troops, unifying leadership, supporting government and loving the people, developing production, rectifying the three styles (subjective style, sectarian style, bureaucratic style), censoring cadres, current affairs education, the three-three system (among the government staff, Communist Party members, non-party leftist progressives and centrists each account for one-third) and reducing rents and interest rates.