the great leap forward

the great leap forward 

what happened?

• peasants, where organised into communes and peasents, would work together and share resources - the state would requisition a portion 
• communes would function as local governments 
• Mao wanted to industrialise and modernise chinas economy - his primary focus was on steel and grain 

aims 

• industrialisation- 
• Mao predicted 700 million tones of steel by 1970 
• he wanted to be on par with the US and the UK 
• socialisation-
• create mass mobilisation from the peasants 
• decentralise the government and give power to the local governments within the communes  

success 

• women were brought into the workforce
• education improved due to availability…