t A.Mao Zedong is one of the greatest leaders in the history of New China. The influence of Mao's theory is profound and long-lasting. He is a great thinker, poet and a very intelligent military strategist. Under his leadership and actions during the Long March, the Chinese Civil War and the defeat of the Kuomintang Party to build New China are the main epic episodes. Mao ZeDong's extravagant actions brought two of many changes to China. They are the transition from a capitalist system to a socialist system and China's achievement of independence against Japanese imperialism (Somo, 2013a). To this day, the influence of Mao's theory has been widespread throughout the world. Especially in third world countries that have been deeply rooted by his ideology. On December 26, 1893, a great leader was born in ShaoShan, Hunan Province of China. His father was a successful grain entrepreneur. He was raised by a caring mother who had faith in the Buddhist religion. In 1918, Mao ZeDong graduated from the Hunan First Normal School, becoming a certified teacher. He began his political life in 1921 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (Mao Zedong, n.d.). He became a Marxist while working as a library assistant at Peking University and served in the revolutionary army during the Chinese Revolution of 1911. Mao initially worked as a political organizer for the Kuomintang in Shanghai. Mao soon became one of the first members of the Communist Party. He believed that only the socialist system, not a capitalist system run by the Kuomintang Party, could save China. The Kuomintang party gradually gained power with the help of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, its leader Sun Yat-sen died on March 12, 1925. The new leader of the Kuomintang…… middle of paper…… The war with the Kuomintang party resumed. In 1945, during four years of Chinese civil war, the Communist Party finally defeated the Kuomintang Party. Mao proudly proclaimed that the People's Republic of China had been established and that the Chinese people had opposed it. Now, Mao ZeDong can build a socialist system under his rule, because he believed that this system is suitable for China. Under a socialist system, everyone received the same pay to avoid polarization and the crime rate was significantly low. Since Mao's victory against the Japanese invaders, China has been able to resist independently. Mao ZeDong left us in 1979. His theory has continued to exert a great influence on this generation. Even to this day, political scientists around the world continue to conduct research on his magnificent theory. Its contributions are not to China, but to the entire world.