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the People’s Republic of China was adopted at the first session of the First
National People’s Congress. In 1956, China basically completed the socialist

transformation of private ownership of the means of production, and put into
practice public ownership of the means of production and distribution
according to work, thus marking the establishment of the socialist economic
system.

Under the Party’s leadership, China established the system of people’s
congresses, the system of CPC-led multiparty cooperation and political
consultation, and the system of regional ethnic autonomy, providing

institutional guarantees for ensuring that it is the people who run the country.
Under the Party’s leadership, China also forged and strengthened unity
among people of all ethnic groups, established and developed socialist ethnic
relations based on equality and mutual assistance, and achieved and

cemented unity between workers, peasants, intellectuals, and people from
other social strata across the country. As a result, a broad united front was
consolidated and expanded. The establishment of the socialist system laid the
foundation for all of China’s subsequent progress and development.

In light of the domestic situation following socialist transformation, the
Party propounded at its Eighth National Congress that the main contradiction
in China was no longer the contradiction between the working class and the

bourgeoisie, but rather that between the demand of the people for rapid
economic and cultural development and the reality that the country’s
economy and culture fell short of the needs of the people. Therefore, the

major task facing the nation was to concentrate on developing the productive
forces and realize industrialization in order to gradually meet the people’s
growing material and cultural needs. The Party called on the people to
redouble their efforts to build China step by step into a strong socialist
country with modern agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and

technology, and it led them in carrying out large-scale socialist construction
across the board.

Through the execution of several five-year plans, an independent and
relatively complete industrial system and national economic framework were
established, the conditions of agricultural production were markedly
improved, and impressive progress was made in social programs such as

education, science, culture, health, and sports. With continuous
breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies, including nuclear weapons,
missiles, and satellites, China’s defense industries underwent steady growth
after starting from scratch. The People’s Liberation Army continued to grow

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