In order to raise the cultural level of the entire nation, New China launched a planned campaign to gradually wipe out illiteracy.The mass campaign witnessed three upsurges in 1952, 1956 and 1958.

• 新中国为提高全民族的文化水平，有计划、有步骤地开展了群众性扫除文盲运动，先后于1952年、1956年和1958年掀起三次扫盲高潮。