A ? Chen Boda’s later life after being released on medical parole
After Chen Boda was granted medical parole, the government placed him in a three-bedroom house on the top floor of a new building. A son who works in Hebei Province and his family of three were transferred to Beijing to live with and take care of Chen Boda. Chen Boda's bedroom is about ten square meters, clean and simple, with carpets on the floor and two large bookcases filled with books. He subscribes to "People's Daily", "Reference News", "Beijing Evening News" and other newspapers. He reads the newspapers carefully every day, which shows that he pays great attention to the domestic and international situations. A grandson of Chen Boda, who was only 7 years old at the time, often went to Chen Boda's room, which brought comfort to Chen Boda's later life. In his later years, Chen Boda's eyesight and ears were not bad. He would watch TV news programs every night, as well as Peking opera or costume feature films on TV. Chen Boda almost never left home, but closed the door and concentrated on reading. The only way he can exercise his body is to practice calligraphy. Chen Boda lived a frugal life in his later years, always wearing an iron-gray Mao suit and a navy blue cadre hat. In winter, when the house is heated, he also has to wear thick clothes. Staff often came to see him and asked him what he needed, but Chen Boda never made any requests.
After being released on medical parole, the party and government not only gave Chen Boda preferential treatment in his life, but also asked him to do some research work. Hu Yaobang, then leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, once proposed: Chen Boda has been paroled for medical treatment. He is knowledgeable and has strong research capabilities. He should give full play to his expertise and arrange for him to do some research work for the central government. In our current reform and construction, we encounter many problems that need to be studied. Let Chen Boda do some research, and we can refer to the results of the research. At that time, central leaders all agreed with this opinion. So Hu Yaobang said to Deng Liqun: You have worked with Chen Boda in the past and are familiar with him. You can represent the central government to discuss this opinion with Chen Boda and ask for Chen Boda's opinion. A few days later, Deng Liqun and several others invited Chen Boda to come and discuss the central government's opinion. Chen Boda happily accepted this task.
Since then, Chen Boda has paid more attention to some major issues at home and abroad. Most of the books he read were recently published Chinese and foreign political theory books. The focus of his thinking also turned to practical issues. Chen Boda loves reading and research. After that, he got up every day, read, researched and wrote after eating. Like a machine, he started spinning again. Chen Boda used to be characterized by rigorous thinking, careful writing, and sophisticated writing. He still maintains this characteristic when writing now. At that time, Chen Boda's physical condition was still good, his mind was clear, and his research problems were relatively in-depth. He was diligent in writing and put his research results into words, which were handed over to the central government by staff. The central government printed more than a dozen copies of these research results, some on 8-karat paper, some on 16-karat paper, some with the name of the author Chen Boda, and some without the author's name, and sent them to central leaders for reference.
The research results that Chen Boda submitted to the central government in his later years mainly include: "A Trial Discussion on Japan's "Productivity Movement"", "A Trial Discussion on Several Issues in Socialist Agriculture", "Monopoly Capitalism in the United States and Japan" Competition and the "Spiritual Crisis" of the Two Countries", "About Japanese Monopoly Capitalism", "Two Books Commenting on Americans - "Big Trends" and "The Third Wave"", "Agricultural Cooperation "Several Materials", "The Open and Secret War of the "Electronics Revolution"", "Hegel's Objection to the Absolute..." and so on.
Among these research results, the issue of "electronics revolution" was a topic that Chen Boda carefully studied as early as 1958. Mao Zedong also affirmed Chen Boda's research results at that time. When Chen Boda picked up this topic to continue research in the early 1980s, the high-tech revolution in the West had developed, and information technology, biotechnology, and space technology were advancing by leaps and bounds, while China was still lagging behind in this regard.
Chen Boda proposed in the new research results: China should strengthen its research strength and investment, attract Western advanced technology, and catch up with Western developed countries in high and new technologies in a short period of time, so that China will not worry about being unable to catch up with the West in terms of productivity and economic power. Developed countries. His insights are also valuable today in the 21st century. Most of Chen Boda's research results were sent to central leaders for reference.