The movement to suppress counter-revolutionaries was launched throughout China from 1950 through 1953. In the early years of the People's Republic, there were still many counter-revolutionaries, such as bandits, local tyrants, secret agents, hard-core members of reactionary parties and other organizations and chieftains of reactionary secret societies, who engaged in all kinds of sabotage against the people's revolutionary and construction programme. In order to rapidly establish and consolidate revolutionary order, the movement to suppress counter-revolutionaries was launched nationwide in accordance with the ``Directive on Suppressing Counter-revolutionary Activities'', issued by the CPC Central Committee, and the ``Regulations of the People's Republic of China Regarding Punishment of Counter-revolutionaries'', promulgated by the Central People's Government. The movement dealt a severe blow to the remaining counter-revolutionary forces and consolidated the people's democratic dictatorship._R