In the end, Hua Guofeng, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China at the time, concluded that collective production did work, yet a certain amount of flexibility was also needed. Also, Hua Guofeng agreed that "for the impoverished households in remote regions, it is appropriate to delegate to them the responsibility and rights for their production." Hua Guofeng's words were written into the official documents of the Central Committee of the CPC and it was the first time that the idea of household responsibility system appeared in the official document of the Central Committee of the CPC.