Don’t forget thriftiness in times of abundance, increase production and be frugal, everybody must be frugal with grain to support the development of the nation

丰收不忘节约增产不忘节约人人节约粮食支援国家建设
Fengshou bu wang jieyue, zengchan bu wang jieyue, renren jieyue liangshi, zhiyuan guojia jianshe
Don’t forget thriftiness in times of abundance, increase production and be frugal, everybody must be frugal with grain to support the development of the nation
1966, May
Cereal Bureau of the Anyang Prefectural Commissioner's Office, Henan Province (河南省安阳专员公署粮食局)
53x74 cm.
BG E15/974

The Mao quote reads "We must do our utmost to preserve all useful means of production and of livelihood, take resolute measures against anyone's destroying or wasting them, oppose extravagant eating and drinking and pay attention to thrift and economy." It is from the "Speech at a Conference of Cadres in the Shansi-Suiyuan Liberated Area", 1 April 1948. The full text can be found here.

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