The Petty Private Sector and the Three Line in the Early 1980s

"The time's not been long since the individual economy once again took up its legitimate place in the arena of our country's economic life. Since the Third Plenum of the party's Eleventh Central Committee [December 1978], the majority of people have enthusiastically welcomed it, some people examine it with a suspicious eye, [and] part of the people reject it with disgust in their hearts." ¹