Economic reform (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Great Leap Forward definition
Great Leap Forward definition
Mao's ambitious attempt at economic transformation in China
Great Leap Forward time period
Great Leap Forward time period
1958-62
Great Leap Forward official designation
Great Leap Forward official designation
Second Five-Year Plan
USSR aid to China 1958-62
USSR aid to China 1958-62
Significantly reduced
Great Leap Forward main goal
Great Leap Forward main goal
Transform China into modern industrial power like Britain
Great Leap Forward production approach
Great Leap Forward production approach
Small-scale production at local level
Backyard blast furnaces purpose
Backyard blast furnaces purpose
Produce steel in rural communes
Great Leap Forward implementation system
Great Leap Forward implementation system
Commune system
Irrigated farmland change 1958
Irrigated farmland change 1958
Doubled
% China's steel from rural factories by end 1958
% China's steel from rural factories by end 1958
50%
Overall industrial output change during GLF
Overall industrial output change during GLF
Fell by 50%
Heavy industry output drop during GLF
Heavy industry output drop during GLF
55%
State enterprises closed during GLF
State enterprises closed during GLF
25,000
% industrial workers losing jobs during GLF
% industrial workers losing jobs during GLF
45%
Great famine years
Great famine years
1959-1961