1951年12月1号，中共中央发出《关于实行精兵简政、增产节约、反对贪污、反对浪费和反对官僚主义的决定》，轰轰烈烈的“三反”运动开始。新中国成立后，党和政府按照《中国人民政治协商会议共同纲领》，保护私营工商业的合法经营和适当发展。但是，资本家中的不法分子，不满足于用正常方式获得一般利润，力图用向国家干部行贿等非法手段获取高额利润。这种情况的严重发展，使党中央决定在党政机关工作人员中开展一场反对贪污、反对浪费、反对官僚主义的“三反”运动。
On December 1st, 1951, with the release of the "Decision on Implementing Streamlining Administration, Increasing Production, Advancing a Frugal Lifestyle, and Opposing Corruption, Waste, and Bureaucracy" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the vigorous "Three-opposing" movement began.
After the founding of New China, the Party and the government, in accordance with the "Common Program of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference", protected the legal operation and appropriate development of private industry and commerce. However, the lawbreakers among the capitalists were not satisfied with obtaining reasonable profits in normal ways and tried to obtain high profits by illegal means such as bribing leaders in government agencies and the Party. As such incidents appear more and more frequently, the Central Committee of the CPC decided to launch a campaign against corruption, waste, and bureaucracy among the staff of Party and government organs.”
（供稿：吴玉辉 图文校对：田雨荷）
