Although still adhering to the superiority of collectivisation, Li Yunhe
(1957) argued that 'people did not like having "everyday collective" and
"everything collective", often "collectivising" all their time and energy
in one place'. The two systems created within Liaoyuan Co-operative,
according to Li Yunhe, 'can be adopted as a very good complement to
"collective labour" and provide an important way to remedy the defects
of "collective production'". Furthermore, he pointed out that individual
farmers' initiative and budgeting care and skills are merits 'once
adopted in socialist production and combined with the superiority of
collective labour'.