建立社会主义制度，奠定减贫基础（1949—1977）

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

1949年，中华人民共和国成立，实现了民族独立、人民解放。但是，封建土地制度造成中国农业生产力落后，农民普遍贫困。有外国人预言，中国政府解决不了人民的吃饭问题。在一穷二白基础上，中国共产党领导人民实行土地改革，建立社会主义制度，解放和发展生产力，在较短时间内解决了全国人民的吃饭问题。

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.