What are the characteristics of the peasant class in China?

The peasant class in China has always had a strong spirit of resistance. The peasant class includes rich peasants, middle peasants and poor peasants. Rich peasants account for about 5% of the rural population. Generally speaking, they can take part in the peasants' struggle against imperialism and remain neutral in the agrarian revolution against landlords. Middle peasants account for about 20% of the rural population, and poor peasants, including farm labourers, account for about 70% of the rural population. Peasants mainly refer to poor peasants and middle peasants, who are the most reliable and solid allies of the proletariat and the main force of the China revolution.

① Peasants are the most reliable allies of the proletariat: firstly, they are the predecessors of China workers, the main body of the industrial market, the source of China's army and the most reliable natural ally of the proletariat. Second, China's democratic revolution is essentially a peasant revolution-eliminating feudal land ownership and solving farmers' land problems. The problem of peasants is the fundamental problem of China revolution, and the leadership of the proletariat to peasants is the core problem of proletarian leadership of China revolution. Third, the poor peasants and farm labourers, who account for about 70% of the rural population, are at the bottom of society, the most oppressed, the most miserable life and the strongest revolutionary desire.

② Peasants are the main force of China revolution: firstly, the number of peasants is the largest, accounting for more than 80% of the national population; Second, farmers are the biggest targets of feudal and imperialist plunder and exploitation, and have always had a strong sense of resistance and fighting spirit.