建立社會主義制度，奠定減貧基礎（1949—1977）

Part I Establishment of Socialism Lays Foundation for Poverty Reduction (1949-1977)

1949年，中華人民共和國成立，實現了民族獨立、人民解放。但是，封建土地制度造成中國農業生產力落后，農民普遍貧困。有外國人預言，中國政府解決不了人民的吃飯問題。在一窮二白基礎上，中國共產黨領導人民實行土地改革，建立社會主義制度，解放和發展生產力，在較短時間內解決了全國人民的吃飯問題。

After the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949, the nation became independent and the people emancipated. However, China’s agricultural production remained backward and most of the farmers were still poor due to the feudal land system. Some foreigners claimed that the Chinese government is not capable to feed its own people. Despite the state of “poverty and blankness”, the Communist Party of China (CPC) led the Chinese people to carry out a national-wide agrarian reform, established the socialist system, freed productive forces in rural areas, increased farmers’ incomes and relieved rural poverty to a relatively large extent.