Second, farmers are the basic masses in China and the main force of the China revolution.
Thirdly, Mao Zedong emphasized the great role of the proletariat in leading the peasant struggle to overthrow the reactionary regime and establish the people's revolutionary regime. For thousands of years, local tyrants, evil gentry and big landlords have oppressed the peasants by virtue of the reactionary regime. The peasant revolution "cannot have the status of a peasant unless this oppressive regime is overthrown, which is one of the greatest characteristics of the current peasant movement in China". In rural areas, the national revolution needs a major change, which is to overthrow the power of landlords and increase the power of farmers.