Great Leap Forward Second Five Year Plan (jan 1, 1958 – jan 1, 1962)
Description:
reconstruct the country from an agrarian economy into a communist societyWanted to produce a mass amount of grain and steel
mandatory agricultural collectivization
After the anti-rightest movenents, people were afraid of speaking out or not being good enough, exaggerated and fabricated production numbers
MASSIVE failure, resulted in the great famine
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Date:
jan 1, 1958
jan 1, 1962
~ 4 years