2. Main contents
Socialist transformation of agriculture, handicrafts and capitalist industry and commerce. The socialist transformation of agriculture is realized through the cooperative movement. It took only four or five years to basically complete the transformation of 500 million farmers from individual small-scale peasant economy to socialist collective economy.
The socialist transformation of individual handicrafts adheres to the principle of voluntariness and mutual benefit, and guides them to unite on a voluntary basis through persuasion and education, typical demonstration and state help, and finally develops into a socialist handicraft production cooperative. Implement the policy of utilizing, restricting and transforming capitalist industry and commerce, and gradually transform capitalist ownership of the means of production into socialist public ownership.
3. The significance of the three major changes.
In the later period of socialist transformation, there are also shortcomings such as too high requirements, too rough work and too rapid changes.
The basic completion of socialist transformation marks the establishment of the socialist system in China, which has achieved the deepest and greatest social change in the history of China and laid the foundation for China's socialist modernization.
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The result of three major changes
By the end of 1956, China had basically completed the socialist transformation of agriculture, handicrafts and capitalist industry and commerce. In the later period of the "three major transformations", due to the rapid development and rough work, some deviations appeared in the actual work.
The basic completion of socialist transformation indicates that the formation of socialist public ownership occupies a leading position in the national economy. Since then, the socialist system has been basically established in China, and China has entered the primary stage of socialism. This is a historic change in China in the 20th century.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Three Major Reforms