Luo Ruiqing
The hallmark of the Third Front Movement was a strategic shift to China’s interior. In a report to Mao Zedong on August 19, 1965, Li Fuchun, Bo Yibo and Luo Ruiqing suggested that no new projects should be constructed in major cities in the First Front. Existing plants in the First and Second fronts, should be “split into two” () and move one copy to the Third Front region. According to the Third Five-Year Plan passed in September, 1965, investment in the Third Front region accounted for 42.2% of the national total. In sections such as heavy industries, national defense industries, and transportation industries, the share of the Third Front region was about 74%.