Socialism in China is already existing, just in a primary stage, rather than advanced. As production and distribution advances, private ownership will continue to be gradually appropriated and folded into the public sector, creating a fully planned economy. Here's Cheng Enfu's diagram explaining it:

I'm aware that the USSR had critique of Chinese socialism. China also criticized Soviet socialism, and in many cases I agree with the Soviets over the Chinese socialists. However, this does not mean Mao Zedong Thought is a "distorted superstructure," Mao Zedong Thought is the learned experience and theory from China's specific socialist construction process. Functionally, the PRC remains a dictatorship of the proletariat.