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How Mao started his revolution
Political
CCP
Suppress any counter-revolutionary activities, punish all GMD war criminals
Government
Grouping the 18 provinces into 6 regions
Setup communist councils to run each sub division in the regions
PLA troops had tasks to rebuild bridges, ports and railway lines
Mass campaigns
organised mass rallies at which public 'enemies' and counter revolutionaries were publicly tried
Three Antis Campaign, it was against corruption, waste and too much 'red tape'
Five Antis Campaign, it was to get rid of bribery, tax evasion, fraud, theft of government property and spying
Three-Anti movements: targeting waste, corruption, and inefficiency. 1951
Five-Anti Movements: Industrial sabotage, tax evasion, bribery, fraud, theft of government property. 1952
Foreign policy
Mao was ready to use national capitalists to begin the reconstruction of China under Communism.
There were for major officials: Chairman, party secretary, military commander, and political commissar
Network of party branches that were able to reach every village
officials could enforce Mao's beliefs and spread propaganda in all regions
Reunification campaign. Three separate PLA armies were sent to the west and the south. This occurred in the 1950s. One army was sent to Tibet (Xizang) in October 1950 another army was sent into Xinjian and another into Guangdong
Registration: danwei --> permit without which an individual could not hold a job
Hukou --> certificate which entitled a family to obtain accommodation
Dangan --> a dossier held by local party officials containing the personal details and record of every individual
Economic
Agriculture
Peasant Land Ownership
Abolish the feudal system
Agrarian reform law in 1950
CCP members teach peasants how to work out their social classes in their community
from 1950 to 1952
Land taken away from landlords and 'rich' peasants from 1950 to 1952
Started to divide land among the peasants in Yanan
Agricultural tax to overcome the food shortages, 15 to 20 percent tax on farmers
Industry
Transform the country from agriculture to an industrial one
Banks, railway networks and a third of heavy industry was taken away from their owners and made into state property
1951 Peoples bank was open to replace all private banks
The profits were then paid into the state treasury, giving the government 2 thirds of the income
Social
Women
Laws were made to give women equal rights
arranged marriages were stopped, women could divorce their husbands, men were only allowed to have one wife, and the killing of baby girls was made illegal
Women's Act of 1950
Pushing/ convincing women to stop bandaging their feet
Education
Although the middle class was small, they were important in providing the officials, civil servants, and industrial managers.
Relied on citizens to report others within their community if they were suspected of not supporting Mao or Communism
Neighbours encouraged to spy on neighbours