The People's Republic in Practice

Land Reform

 * 1 of 6 Families had member killed in the reform time
 * Meetings discussed
 * There was a great deal

Results

 * In South China, 40 % of cultivated land re-distributed
 * 60 % of population benefited
 * Gain per capita was immense -> each family received 1 - 2 acres

The First Five Year Plan

 * Emphasis on developing Industrial Infrastructure


 * Built highways
 * Built Dams
 * Hyrdoelectric plants developed
 * City cores improved


 * Doubling Cement & Electrical Production

Reform of Rural Life: Collectivization

 * Formation of " cooperatives " -> interconnected farms
 * Collectives were made up of 250 family farms interrelated
 * Though the agricultural industry only grew about 3.8 % in the course of a

Great Leap Forward

 * Second Five Year Plan
 * Revolutionized the agricultural sphere of production
 * 100 Flowers Bloom Movements
 * Disaster at the end of the process