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In 1953, Mao launched the first five year plan. The aim of this plan was to build up China's failing industry and its backward economy.
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Dane Elliott Task 2 In 1953, Mao launched the first five year plan. The aim of this plan was to build up China's failing industry and its backward economy. The first plan focused solely on heavy industries like steel and iron production, and neglected light industries. In terms of production, the first five year plan was a great success. It had managed to double the production of coal, cement and machinery; triple production of oil and quadruple production of steel. As incredible as these figures sound, they didn't actually mean much when compared to industrialised nations like Britain as China started off with a weak industry, so doubling or tripling production wouldn't actually make that much difference in comparison with the rest of the world. This all meant China's industry was accelerating at a fairly slow and insignificant rate. This was the main reason Mao decided to launch a new five year...
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