The movement disappeared after the 1950s after the establishment of the People's Republic of China government, but CICA and ICCIC were revived in the 1980s and are still active in the twenty-first century.
[citation needed] The movement aimed to organize unemployed workers and refugees, increasing production to support the war effort.
The goal was to replace industrial capacity lost to bombing by dispersing and giving workers voting shares in their CICs.
The CICA organized small scale self-supporting cooperatives, mainly in rural areas, to create employment for workers and refugees and produce goods for the war effort.
The unique role of Gung Ho cooperatives in the war also won such international acclaim that the term "gung-ho" became a famous slogan of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Adopting the literal meanings of the two characters separately as "work" and "together", the slogan entered the English language as a term denoting whole-hearted dedication to a meaningful cause.
[8] Peck traveled with Alley to a number of CICs early in 1941 and was able to see them at their height, but as his experience grew he came to understand their limitations and the fact that their course was ultimately downwards, not upwards, for a variety of reasons.
[6] The reorganized ICCIC registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of People's Republic of China as an international non-profit organization.