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II. Socialist Revolution and Construction

In the period of socialist revolution and construction, the main tasks of

the Party were to realize the transformation from new democracy to socialism,
carry out socialist revolution, promote socialist construction, and lay down
the fundamental political conditions and the institutional foundations
necessary for national rejuvenation.

After the founding of the People’s Republic, the Party led the people in
surmounting a multitude of political, economic, and military challenges. It

cleared out bandits and remnant KMT reactionary forces, peacefully liberated
Tibet, and unified the entire mainland. It stabilized prices, unified standards
for finances and the economy, completed the agrarian reform, and launched
democratic reforms in all sectors of society. It introduced the policy of equal

rights for men and women, suppressed counter-revolutionaries, and launched
movements against the ―three evils‖ of corruption, waste, and bureaucracy
and against the ―five evils‖ of bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property,
cheating on government contracts, and stealing of economic information. As
the stains of the old society were wiped out, China took on a completely new

look.
Meanwhile, the Chinese People’s Volunteers marched valiantly across the

Yalu River to fight alongside the Korean people and troops. They ultimately
defeated a powerful enemy that was armed to the teeth, demonstrating the
gallantry of our army and our country, and the unyielding spirit of our
people. China’s resounding victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and

Aid Korea safeguarded the security of the nascent People’s Republic, and
testified to its status as a major country. The new China thus gained a firm
foothold amid complex domestic and international environments.

Under the Party’s leadership, a government of people’s democratic
dictatorship was established and consolidated, which was led by the working
class and based on an alliance of workers and peasants. This created the
conditions necessary for the country’s rapid development.

In 1949, the Common Program of the Chinese People’s Political

Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was passed at the CPPCC’s first plenary
session. In 1953, the Party officially set forth the general line for the transition
period, namely gradually realizing the country’s socialist industrialization
and socialist transformation of agriculture, handicrafts, and capitalist industry
and commerce over a fairly long period of time. In 1954, the Constitution of

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