One of the aims of the Communist Party after coming to power in 1949 was to...
1. destroy the traditional family system of dependency
2. abolish marriage, substituting in its place the practice of communal relationships
3. restore the traditional family system, which had suffered during the stresses of the 1930s and World War 2
4. replace Chinas traditional feudal patriarchy with enlightened matriarchy
5. end the policy of easy divorces which had been allowed during the Nationalist era.