The Relationship Between CO-OP And The Peddler In The Socialist Transformation Movement

The general line for the transition period was passed by Chinese Central Communist in 1953, which started the socialist transformation movement ever since. In the earthshaking changes, the government's attitude toward the private-sector economy represented by the peddler was too complicated. On the one hand, deciders tried to construct a pure and pure socialist society; on the other hand they found that a planned economy cannot satisfy the consumer's need, and cannot eliminate the individual peddler. Then The Peddler should be pressed or tolerated which caused tensity to a certain degree. The Peddler's unplanned economic factors were never eliminated by the government. From the point of transformation, the government was quite unable. The Peddler's mood was also too complicated faced to the government's transformation. They accepted the transportation initiatively or passively. They begged for the government the permission to take the socialist road when their management fell in despair. Though The Peddler ever had the sincere hopes to the transformation, they could not catch the socialist bus at last. Faced to the transformation with indemnity insufficiency and redundant control, they found the glorious future of socialist the government publicized at first was a illusiveness as soon as possible.In Shanghai Country, the transformation of Peddler's practical executant is Shanghai Supply and Marketing Co-operatives, having the government shoved a hand behind. With the special status in all the countries, CO-OP and The Peddler carried out a game. With the government's support, CO-OP finished the transformation and management of The Peddler in towns and villages, employing the method such as stating monopoly over purchase and marketing, restricting wholesale and preferential price. In the first quarter of 1955, the peddler tended to choked, and the whole country's economic situation was in confusion, then the government had to compromise with The Peddler. As series policies against to the previously mission of socialist transformation published, CO-OP subsequently protected and supported The Peddler through self-control and self-discipline. So this game was full of paradoxes: CO-OP not only had to transform the peddler, but also had to tolerant its persistence. After the policies were changed many times, "widespread low-level support "became CO-OP dealing with The Peddler's good countermeasure.