ABSTRACT
A turning point took place in 1978 with the Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the CCP, which re-established the emancipation of the mind, the intellectual approach of seeking truth from facts, and the materialist philosophy proposition that practice is the sole standard of truth. It acknowledged that socialism means development of the productive forces, moving together toward wealth. The policy of making class struggle the key link was abolished, and the focus of Party work shifted to modernization. All of these changes liberated people from the previous ideological and institutional environment, providing the possibility of founding a new environment and new institutions.
