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China's Industrial Development, 1958–63

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Choh-Ming Li
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China had no Second Five-Year Plan (1958–62) only five ad hoc annual plans during that period. In basic construction and industrial production a great leap forward did take place in the first three years, only to be followed by collapse and readjustment in the last two years. In agriculture, the period started with an unprecedented bumper crop in the first year, after which there commenced an agricultural crisis that grew in intensity from year to year until 1962 when the output of food grains and green vegetables began to show recovery. This was in sharp contrast to the First Five-Year Plan period which concluded with spectacular achievements in heavy industry, moderate success in light industry and slow but steady improvement in agriculture.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 17 , March 1964 , pp. 3 - 38
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1964

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