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THE DOMESTIC POLICIES OF MAO ZEDONG

THE DOMESTIC POLICIES OF MAO ZEDONG. (1952-1969). THE FIVE YEAR PLAN (1952-1957). The Goal: 1. To modernize China’s heavy industry (road and railway construction, steel production, etc) 2. Increase agricultural production 3. Within 5 years 4. Using the Soviet Union as a model.

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THE DOMESTIC POLICIES OF MAO ZEDONG

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  1. THE DOMESTIC POLICIES OF MAO ZEDONG (1952-1969)

  2. THE FIVE YEAR PLAN (1952-1957) • The Goal: 1. To modernize China’s heavy industry (road and railway construction, steel production, etc) 2. Increase agricultural production 3. Within 5 years 4. Using the Soviet Union as a model

  3. B. The Effects: 1. Population in cities grows by 30% 2. Industrial and agricultural production increases 3. Establishes a stable government

  4. C. Mao Breaks from Soviets (1956) 1. Felt process was moving too slowly 2. Felt China should rely less on machines and more on the human spirit and equality

  5. THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD (1958-1961) • The Goal: • To “leap” ahead of the Soviet Union • To become a truly communist nation • To industrialize quickly enough to catch up with Great Britain

  6. B. Keys To The Great Leap Forward 1. Use China’s manpower to develop he countryside • build hydroelectric power stations, railroads, bridges, canals, highways, etc. 2. People’s Communes • joining a number of small farms together in an area to form one large work place • some as large as 25,000 people • Mao felt that mass labor would increase agricultural productions without the cost of modern equipment

  7. C. Reasons for Failure of the Great Leap Forward 1. poor management of communes 2. peasants exhausted from working long hours 3. peasants paid according to need, not production 4. huge food shortages throughout China

  8. THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1966-1969) • Causes • Failure of Great Leap Forward caused widespread opposition to Mao’s leadership • Communist Party rebuilds without Mao’s guidance • Mao fears Communist Party leaders were becoming a new “ruling class”

  9. B. Goals: 1. Mao wanted to: • Regain his leadership status • Re-energize the revolutionary spirit of young people • Remove from power of all who opposed him

  10. C. Keys to the Cultural Revolution 1. Mao’s Red Guards • 11 million young people throughout China who attacked those who represented the “Four Olds”: - old ideology, old thought, old habits, old customs b. Mobs attack government officials, teachers, factory owners

  11. D. Results of the Cultural Revolution 1. thousands die 2. hundreds of thousands imprisoned 3. millions of careers ruined 4. damage sets China’s production back 10-20 years

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