at the ninth plenary session of the eighth central Committee in mid-1961, the eight-character policy was the policy of adjustment, consolidation, enrichment and improvement.
that is, properly adjust the proportional relationship in all aspects of the national economy, mainly adjusting the proportional relationship between agriculture, light industry and heavy industry, increasing the development speed of agriculture and light industry as much as possible, appropriately controlling the development speed of heavy industry, especially steel industry, and reducing the scale of capital construction at the same time, so that national construction and people's lives can be made overall arrangements. Consolidate the achievements in the development of national economy and make it develop in depth. It is necessary to enrich the production capacity of some departments with a small amount of investment, so that they can become a complete set and play a greater economic effect. Improve product quality, increase product variety, improve management level and labor productivity.