Today marks the 104th Anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. China’s achievements after the establishment

Today marks the 104th Anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. China’s achievements after the establishment of the People’s Republic in 1949, is regarded as the most rapid development in human history: Life expectancy in 1949 was 36, by 1972 it was 61. Currently, it is 78.5. National income grew five-fold over the 25-year period 1952-1978, increasing from 60 billion to over 300 billion yuan, with industry accounting for most of the growth 80% of Chinese were illiterate in 1949, by 2015, 94.4% were literate 850 million people were lifted out of poverty in the space of just 4 decades In 1981, almost 90% of the population lived below the international poverty line. By 2015, only 1% lived below the poverty line Since 1978 on average, China pulled 19 million poor people out of extreme poverty every year China has accounted for nearly 75% of the global reduction in the number of people living in extreme poverty since 1978 China has become the largest trading partn... Source: Going Underground