西南石油大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2015, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (6): 31-36.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5094.2015.03.16.01

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Land Reform and the Reconstruction of Rural Power Relations in China ——A Case Study of Mianyang,Sichuan

Cui Yinan Bai Wenhui   

  1. School of Political Sciences,Southwest University of Science and Technology,Mianyang Sichuan,621010,China
  • Online:2015-11-01 Published:2015-11-01

Abstract:

Land reform in the time when PRC was founded destroyed the foundation of political relations in the old days in
terms of economy,subverted the traditional political structure and order of Chinese society in rural areas and had a profound
impact on the development of contemporary Chinese history. According to the historical data of Mianyang in the early years
of PRC,this paper explores the important historical events and social changes in China before and after the founding of PRC
by means of political sociology studies and explores the historical logic of establishing the ruling position of CCP (Chinese
Communist Party). In the early years of PRC,through political mobilization,CCP successfully made the farmers form a
clearly oriented class consciousness and take active part in the mass movement. Meanwhile,“public trial and denouncement”
and the“forfeiture,punishment and compensation”completely destroyed the authority of the landlords,and farmers began to
have a say and to take active part in political activities. By undertaking cadres training,CCP strived to cultivate new grass-root
rulers in the countryside and successfully remodeled rural power relations.

Key words: land reform, rural power relations, the traditional elite, political pattern, the ruling class

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