Preface to The Victory of New Democracy in China
(October 24, 1949)

Source: RMRB (Oct. 24, 1949), 1.

According to RMRB (Oct. 24, 1949), the book Vitezstvi nove demokracie v Cine (The
Victory of New Democracy in China) was compiled by the editorial board of the
Czechoslovakian monthly Mezinarodni politika (International Politics) and published
in Prague on October 25, 1949. Thus the date of this document is the date of release.


24 | MAO ZEDONG

The book was edited and published under the direction of the Central Secretariat of the {
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. It included, in addition to the documents of the |
first session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (see text Sept. 3
21, 1949, source note), Mao’s earlier article “On the People’s Democratic Dictator-ship” and Zhu De’s article “The Chinese People’s Struggle for Liberation.”

The comrades of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia have published in 3
the Czech language the documents of the Chinese People’s Political Consulta-tive Conference and my own essay concerning the people’s democratic dicta- 4
torship of China. This is a great honor for the Communist Party of China. The
struggles of the people of China and the peoples of Europe are two inseparable :
and mutually reinforcing parts of a common cause, despite the fact that owing }
to the differences in the levels of social development the stages of the develop- |
ment of their revolutions are different. All the readers of Europe who are con- |
cerned about the destiny of Asia will gain a basic knowledge of New China 4
from reading these short documents and particularly from reading the Sixty q
Article Common Program passed by the Chinese People’s Political Consulta- 1
tive Conference.' I believe that the effort which our comrades in Czechoslovakia have exerted in helping European readers to understand New China is a
contribution to the international revolutionary movement for which we must 4
be grateful.

Note

1. See text Sept. 21, 1949, note 3.