1 jan 1958 ano - The Great Leap Forward

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In 1958, Mao’s government announced a second five-year plan called the Great Leap Forward.
Chinese government hoped to increase industrial output to the point where it matched that of the West.
To reach this goal, China brought modern machinery and ran it almost continuously.
The government encouraged people to produce their own iron and steel in small backyard blast furnaces.
Created huge farm communities called people’s communes.
Included farms and several small industries.
Single people lived in dormitories.
Meals were served in mess halls.
Children were cared for in nurseries while their parents were working.
Workers were paid based on work points which were set based on gender, age, skills, type of job, and region.
It was a terrible failure.
Industrial output decreased and there were constant food shortages.
As many as 20 million people starved to death.
The government abandoned the program in the early 1960s.

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