After the founding of New China, Chinese Communists with Comrade Mao Zedong as their chief representative rallied and led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in pursuing socialist revolution. The basic socialist system was established. Arduous exploration was made for a socialist path suited to China’s national conditions, and the most extensive and profound social transformation in the history of the Chinese nation was brought about, laying the fundamental political precondition and institutional basis for all the development and progress of contemporary China, and providing valuable experience, theoretical groundwork and material basis for opening up socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new historical period.

After the founding of New China, in the face of isolation, containment, encirclement and threats of hostile Western forces, the CPC led the Chinese people in the struggle to consolidate the people’s democratic government. After seven years of hard work, the land system transformation and other democratic reforms were completed in the main, and the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was won. The national economy quickly recovered, a general guideline for the transition period was adopted, socialist transformation of private ownership of the means of production was basically completed, and the basic socialist system was established, marking a historic transformation from New Democracy to socialism.

After the establishment of the basic socialist system, the CPC led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in starting all-round, large-scale socialist construction. During the exploration process, despite serious twists and turns, the Party scored important theoretical achievements and tremendous accomplishments in socialist construction. Independent and fairly comprehensive industrial system and national economic system were by and large put in place, laying an important material and technological foundation for the development of socialist modernization. A great number of backbone professionals were fostered for development in political, economic, cultural and other fields, and important experience was gained in leading socialist construction.