 State media referred to him as "the wise leader".In February 1978, the party met to approve a new state constitution, which Hua was heavily involved in drafting.This document, which attempted to restore some rule of law and planning mechanisms from the PRC's original 1956 constitution, still contained references to continuous revolution and proletarian internationalism; it was replaced only four years later with a different constitution that dropped all mentions of Maoism.