The Great Leap Forward 1958-1962
- Mao’s new economic plan after five year plans criticized
- China organized into 28,000 communes
- Main factors:
- Great industrial and scientific activity
- Muscle power used to build, dams, and irrigation
- Small communal factories
Quote
"I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever."
-Mao Zedong
-Mao Zedong
Subjunctive Question
Would there still be a famine if it wasn't for this just because of the population?
Summary
Trying to improve the economy, Mao forced men and women into hard labour jobs. This left no one to farm and caused a famine that killed 30,000,000 people.