Hua Guofeng transitional 'Two Whatevers' era (China)

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Post-Mao orthodox-continuity CCP governance under the 'Two Whatevers' doctrine ('whatever Mao decided, we uphold; whatever Mao instructed, we follow'). Economic school: residual Maoist planned economy softened by the 'Ten-Year Plan 1976-1985' announced Feb 1978 — a Great-Leap- style push for 120 heavy industrial projects, US$65bn in plant imports, and 10% target GDP growth based on planned-economy extrapolation. Dated actions: arrest of Gang of Four (Oct 6 1976) ending Cultural Revolution politics; 11th Party Congress Aug 1977; NPC adoption of Ten-Year Plan Feb 1978; first major Western plant-import contracts (Baoshan Steel Dec 1977 contract with Nippon Steel). Left-right: hard-left statist by framework coding, but transitional — sets up Deng's Third Plenum Dec 1978 pivot by exposing plan-overstretch. Popularity: no electoral signal; Hua's factional base eroded at Central Work Conference Nov 1978 where Deng consolidated Standing Committee support. Coherence: low — Maoist continuity rhetoric combined with heavy foreign-technology imports produced balance-of-payments stress and the 1979-1980 'readjustment' that cancelled most Ten-Year Plan projects.