A Study On Mao Zedong’s New Democracy Society Theory And Practice

Mao Zedong’s new democracy society theory is a social theory which was createdby Mao Zedong during the process of revolution and construction he led in China. Thetheory combined the Marxist theory of social revolution and social development withthe consideration of practice of the Chinese society. It deals the politics, economy,culture problems during the period when China transferred from the new democraticsociety into socialist society. It is a major theoretical innovative product of Marxism inChina. Not only did Mao’s theory of new democratic society played an important role inthe new democratic revolution but also has important effects in the primary stage ofsocialism up to now. It is still valuable to us today. But researcher’s current opinionsdiffer when they are trying to explain the reasons for the abortion of the new democracysociety. Therefore, this paper aims to reveal the changing connotation of the newdemocratic society by sorting out the new democratic society theory’s origins, contentand historical practice. The analysis of its causes and effects of changes in the newdemocratic society will contribute to thoroughly explain the reasons why the newdemocratic society was aborted. Owing to the similarities between the current societyand the new democracy society, we can also benefit from the experience form thetransformation process at the same time, helping us to build our society better. Fivesections of this article are briefly described as follows.The first section analyzes and summarizes three theoretical origins of MaoZedong’s new democracy social theory: Marx and Engels’s theoretical conception aboutthe cross Capitalism "Crafting Gorge"; Lenin’s theory on the "revolution in backwardcountries"; Communist theory of the early communist leaders of the future to exploreChina’s revolution. They are the logical starting point and the historical basis for thecreation of Mao Zedong’s democracy social theory.The second section mainly describes the developing process of Mao Zedong’sdemocracy social theory and the preliminary practice. Mao Zedong’s democracy socialtheory buded in the period of Agrarian Revolution and formed in the period ofAnti-Japanese War. During the Liberation War, Mao Zedong’s democracy social theorybecame mature. The preliminary practice of new democratic society in the pired of Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War illustrated that the connotation of the newdemocratic society was changing in the different periods.The third part discusses the overall practice of the new democratic society. Afterthe establishment of the new democratic republic of China in1949, the Chinese peopleconducted the practice of building new democratic politics, economy, culture and otheraspects under the leadership of Communist Party of China according to the provisionsof the "Common Program”. Three years after new China’s establishment, it acquired acompletely new outlook, during which time the socialist became an increasinglyprominently dominant factor.The fourth section studies the causes of the dropout of the new democratic society.The gradually changing connotation of the new democratic society during the periodwhen the new democratic society was constructed indicates that the new democraticorder is established but not fixed. The dominance of socialist factors and thedevelopment of socialism in the future determine the transitional nature of newdemocratic society, as well as the evolution of policies towards to the capitalist class inChina. It was because of the unfixed order of new democratic society and theoverwhelming advantage socialism factors at the end of1952, the state meet theconditions for the transition to socialism. Furthermore, the change of internationalsituation after the establishment of China and the Soviet Union’s impact all made MaoZedong formally proposed the transitional line. And then the new democratic societydropped out.The fifth section analyzes the connection and differences between the newdemocratic society and the primary stage of socialism, making it clear that the primarystage of socialism theory is actually the renovation and development of Mao Zedong’snew democracy society under new historical conditions. It also summaries valuableexperience drawn from new democratic society. These valuable experience will help uscorrectly understanding the nature of today’s society, the exact stage of development anddeveloping direction of our country, and contribute to the construction and reformationof in the primary stage of socialism.