Zhou Enlai's Decision-making Research, Thought And Practice

The decision thought of Chou En-lai was developed with constant further investigation and exploration of the decision target-China's revolution and construction -and the struggle against various "left" and "right" tendency .With Chou En-lai decision thought formed ,he came up with the principle of following four major decision in making policy, be practical and realistic research and study, combine firmness with flexibility, conform to mass route. At the same time he proposed making correct decision, sticking to the scientific decision and democratic decision, and in order to realize the scientific decision and democratic decision ,there must be corresponding systems to guarantee. Chou En-lai explored actively the decision-making process and decision system, and accumulated abundant experience, which made enormous contribution to the forming of the modern scientific decision-making process and setting-up of the decision system . Chou En-lai summarized the decision procedure into 5 sequential stages connected each other. Investigations and researches, correct judgment correct resolution correct conduction, check This decision procedure and procedure of the modern scientific decision were unanimous. With respect to decision system, the special way of obtaining information, consulting and decision-making characterized by "listening to all opinion", formed the embryonic form of his decision system . The four remarkable features of Chou En-lai decision-making thought are to have a great viewpoint, to highly combine principles with flexibility, to observe the current affairs and estimate the situation, to overlook the panorama to achieve the variety,to watch for a chance then take action,and to win extending through bending. In the long-term decision career , Chou En-lai had some faulty decisions for various .Objectively analyzing the reason of Chou En-lai's decision fault contributes to our summarizing the historical experience and lesions .In the word, Chou En-lai's decision thought and decision experience are the valuable theory wealth of our Party. Nowadays under the complicated and changeable international and domestic environments, studying and inheriting it, have very important realistic significance.