The Eighth National Congress of communist party, China put forward the great task of socialist construction.

Since February 1956, Mao Zedong has listened to the work reports of more than 30 departments, including industry, agriculture, transportation, commerce and finance. 1On April 25th, 956, Mao Zedong made a speech on "On Ten Major Relationships" at the enlarged meeting in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, China on the basis of investigation and study in the previous stage, combining the experience and lessons of socialist construction in the Soviet Union, which made important preparations for the convening of the Eighth National Congress ideologically and theoretically.

1956 September 15 At 2: 05 pm, Mao Zedong delivered the opening speech of the Eighth National Congress, summed up the achievements of the Party in leading the new-democratic revolution and the socialist revolution since the Seventh National Congress, analyzed the reasons for victory, pointed out the basic principles that the Party must adhere to in its future work, and put forward the great task of socialist construction for the whole party in the future.

And warned the whole party that even if great achievements have been made in all work, there is nothing to be complacent about, and we must bear in mind the truth that "modesty makes people progress and pride makes people lag behind." This sentence later became a famous saying.

"At that time, China lagged behind developed countries in many aspects, such as economy, science and technology. To realize the modernization of the country, we must first catch up with the advanced level of world economy and science and technology through technological revolution. It is precisely because of this sense of urgency and mission of the whole party and the people of the whole country to change the poverty and backwardness of the country that the Eighth National Congress set the grand goal of' transforming China from a backward agricultural country into an advanced socialist industrial country'. "

Xing said that the Eighth National Congress also put forward two general steps of national industrialization. This is the method and steps of China's socialist economic construction put forward by China's * * * Production Party with reference to the tide of world economic and technological development from the macro level.

Starting from the understanding and vision of "exploring one's own road of construction", the Eighth National Congress outlined the basic road of China's socialist modernization with unprecedented political courage and reform spirit-combining the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete reality of China's construction and exploring the socialist modernization road suitable for China, which is also the road that socialist economic construction must take.