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What kind of country was China in 1949? It is a poor and backward agricultural country.
In the first 30 years after the founding of new China (Mao's 30 years), China achieved national independence, people's Liberation and national unity; China has established the basic socialist system in an all-round way; On the ruins left by the old China, China has basically established an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system in a much shorter time than the western countries, which has laid a solid material and technological foundation for the modernization drive.
India gained independence in 1947, when life expectancy was 32 years. When new China was founded in 1949, the life expectancy of the Chinese was 35 years - three years higher than that of India. By 1978, the last year before China's reform, life expectancy was 67 in China and 55 in India - the gap widened to 12.
The widening gap is not because of India's poor performance - life expectancy has increased by 22 years in 32 years, but because of China's excellent performance - life expectancy has increased by 32 years in 29 years. This means that before the reform, Chinese life expectancy increased by more than one year a year - an average annual increase of 2.3%.
By comparison, we have a better understanding of the true scale of this achievement. It should be pointed out that, compared with other major countries in human history, China's life expectancy growth rate is the fastest in the 30 years after 1949. For example:
- In the 30 years after 1880, life expectancy in the United States increased by 0.9% annually.
- After 1871, life expectancy in the UK experienced a period of rapid growth, with an annual growth rate of less than 1.0% .
- Japan's life expectancy growth is more significant, and it is a country that has achieved rapid growth in the economic recovery after WW II. In the 29 years after 1947, the average annual growth rate of life expectancy is 1.3%.
As a result, China's 2.3% increase in life expectancy between 1949 and 1978 is far higher than those calculated by normal standards in these countries, and its performance is unprecedented.
This is only one of Mao Zedong's many achievements, but I personally think it is his most important achievement, because the right to life is the most important human right.
His other achievements, for example, under the joint sanctions and embargoes of the Soviet Union and the United States, enabled China to have the capability of nuclear deterrence and launching satellites, and enabled China to return to the UN and became one of the five permanent members.
Of course, the CPC and Mao also made many mistakes in the "first 30 years" of new China, and the development of our country suffered serious setbacks as a result. This is the price to pay in the process of exploration“ The new road of reform and opening-up in the last 30 years is created on the basis of summing up the experience and lessons of the first 30 years. We should treat the "first 30 years" of new China with respect for history.
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