The State System of the New Democracy

That is, the state form of new democracy, and the New Democratic Republic. In his “On New Democracy”, Mao Zedong pointed out that the revolution of all colonial and semi-colonial countries can only take the form of a New Democratic Republic for a certain historical period. This form suits a certain historical period and is therefore transitional; nevertheless, it is a form which is necessary and cannot be dispensed with.

Mao Zedong pointed out on the question of "state system" at that time that after several decades of wrangling since the last years of the Qing Dynasty, it has still not been cleared up. Actually, it is simply a question of the status of the various social classes within the state.

In a word, the new democratic state is a republic led by the working class (through the CPC), based on the alliance of workers and peasants, and under the joint dictatorship of several revolutionary classes including the urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie.