The official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) the ' People's Daily' on May 17, 2016, categorically stated that Mao Zedong had made a "mistake" in launching the Cultural Revolution and that it had been as a "grave mistake" in launching the 'Cultural Revolution' which had then been misused by 'counter-revolutionary' groups bringing "civil strife and serious disaster" and that the damage it had caused had been "comprehensive and serious". The People's Daily article concluded that "History has fully proved that the "Cultural Revolution" in theory and practice is completely wrong, it is not and can not be a revolution or social progress in any sense".