2. 1956- 1966: the period of building socialism in an all-round way (the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China; Great Leap Forward and People's Communalization Movement; Eight-character policy)
3. 1966- 1976: Cultural Revolution (the disaster of national economy).
4. 1976- 1978: two years of vagrancy.
5. 1978 Up to now: the new period of socialist construction (the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee; Reform and opening up)