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== Key provisions ==
The Common Program defined [[China]] as a [[New Democracy|new democratic]] country which would practice a [[people's democratic dictatorship]] led by the [[proletariat]] and based on an alliance of workers and peasants which would unite all of China's democratic classes (defined as those opposing imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism and favoring an independent China).<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=25}}
The Common Program described [[System of people's congress|people's congresses]] as the primary organs through which the people would exercise state power.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=26}} It stated that the [[National People's Congress]] was the highest body of state power.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=26}} According to the Common Program, all state organs should practice [[democratic centralism]].<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=26}}
The Common Program described the primary task of the new government as eliminating feudal, [[Comprador|compradorial]], and [[Fascism|fascist]] ideologies.<ref name=":Li">{{Cite book |last=Li |first=Hongshan |title=Fighting on the Cultural Front: U.S.-China Relations in the Cold War |date=2024 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |isbn=9780231207058 |___location=New York, NY |jstor=10.7312/li--20704}}</ref>{{Rp|page=27}}
Generally, the Common Program prioritized ownership of the state-owned economy, although it also gave consideration to some private interests.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=4}} It did not seek to eliminate capitalism as a whole, instead encouraging private enterprises viewed as beneficial to the national economy and sought to implement a mixed economy.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|pages=4-5}}
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