Old Desk Calendars

During the Yan'an period, Chen Yun got used to taking the other side of old desk calendars as notepaper. Every year, the old desk calendar would be stored in his desk drawer. It was on papers of old desk calendars that Chen drew up his report to the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee. The staff sometimes also wrote notes on papers of old desk calendars for confirmation after answering his question. The waste in others’ eyes turned out to be a great assistance to Chen.