Chinese Character Simplification Scheme

The modified draft was reviewed by the State Council's Committee for the Application of the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

On 21 November 1955, the Ministry of Education issued a Notice Regarding the Implementation of Simplified Chinese Character in All Schools (關於在各級學校推行簡化漢字的通知).

[2] The People's Liberation Army General Political Department made similar notices in the same month.

On 28 January 1956, the 23rd State Council Plenary Meeting passed the Resolution Regarding the Promulgation of the "Chinese Character Simplification Scheme" (關於公布〈漢字簡化方案〉的決議).

[4] On 10 January 1958, Premier Zhou Enlai gave a report on the task of Chinese writing reform, in which he criticized "rightists" for opposing the scheme, saying that the opposition was used to undermine the party and state.

[citation needed] The Language Reform Committee of China proposed the draft Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme on 20 December 1977; it was rescinded in 1986.

Comparison between the 1955 simplification scheme draft (middle rows each third) and the final simplified character set released in 1956 (bottom rows), alongside traditional character equivalents for reference (top rows).