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The Great Leap F orward Part 1

The Great Leap F orward Part 1. It all started as a necessity. Crap…. SO IM GOING TO DO MY GREAT LEAP FORWARD!!!. China needed economic growth compared to the USSR. They started to think in an idea that would give China the advantage over the First Five year plan of the USSR.

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The Great Leap F orward Part 1

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  1. The Great Leap Forward Part 1

  2. It all started as a necessity Crap… SO IM GOING TO DO MY GREAT LEAP FORWARD!!! • China needed economic growth compared to the USSR. • They started to think in an idea that would give China the advantage over the First Five year plan of the USSR. • “If we are forced to break some eggs, then do it. So that we can have our National Omelette. Russia big, Chinese people are behind hard working Russians and my Five year plan!

  3. Why the GLF? • Mao wantedto diverge fromthefirst FYP whichfollowed a more soviet approach. • In the USSR thepesantrydidn´tforman integral part of theindutrializationprocess. • Stalin´s FYP wouldexploit and starvethe rural areas in exchange of resources. • Mao couldnotfollowthisapproach as almost 70% of the CCP membershipwerepeasants.

  4. What’s the GLF • It was an optimistic plan that required mass mobilization to enhance the agricultural production and as a consequence, improve the industry.

  5. Whymassmobiliaztion? • Mao and most of theYan´anleadersrememberedtheYan´anYears as thegloriouspart of therevolution. • Because of its «communistessence» • Therewas no burocracyor social startification. • Whenleaders and theirfollowersovercametheunthikable (The Long March)

  6. The GLF strategy • Mobilize underemployed labour power to make up for lack of capital in industry and agriculture. • Setting ambitious goals for China’s leading economic sectors. • In industry, rely on both: modern and traditional methods to enhance output. • In other areas, disregard technical norms “more and faster” instead of “better and more economical.”

  7. Mao wantedtoutilizepeasant output throughorganizational and politicaltools. • ChenYun 5th rankinmember of theparty and highestrankineconomyspecialist, gavehisownproposaltoincreaseagricultural output.

  8. ChenYun Plan • Assumedthatpeasantswouldonlyrespondtoincreased material incentives and NOT tocoercion and ideologicalexhortation. • Material incentives requirednotonlythatpesantsrecievegoodpricesfortheirproductsbutthattheyhadconsumergoodsavailabletothem.

  9. Mao’s allies.

  10. Problems with the image of Mao • Caused some problems within the population… like the food cards…. • The heads of the party couldn’t agree in the plan to follow. • The relation with the USSR started to deteriorate. • The economic state of China was deplorable. • Millions of people were starved to death •     +++ angry people= disaster • People lived in communes. • Steel campaign

  11. Break up in the Yanan Leadership. • When PengDehuai first knew of the GLF, he was more of a pessimistic idea, but didn’t opposed Mao’s collectivisation policies in 1957. • By 1958, the problems with the GLF became more than apparent and he started to criticise Mao publicly. • During the anniversary of the creation of the Soviet Red army, Peng suggested that Mao should stop the GLF and the disastrous economy of China, and instead, giving much of attention to increase military cooperation between the USSR and China.

  12. He also criticised continuously the Chairman during his tours to the lands in 1958. He saw the devastation of the lands and how people were put to man blast furnace at their backyard. • Also in that year, he made a speech in Shanghai where he actually accused Mao of “taking personal command over the national politics and disregarding the collective leadership of the Chinese people and the party.

  13. Mao’s problem… • Lushuan conference • PengDehuai openly disagreed with Mao’s policies in a letter. • He wanted to be the next Chairman of the Party. • Mao had to change all the rules he had previously established for the debate on the top leadership of the party to that point.

  14. Mao’s solution • To the political problem, Mao delivered the letter to all the members of the party for criticism. • Peng was dismissed and replaced by Ling Biao. • Opposition to the regime was severely punished, people were sent to labour camps.

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