Question

Explain the Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign of China as initiated in 1958

Answer 1

The Great Leap Forward of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China (CPC) from 1958 to 1962. ... Chief changes in the lives of rural Chinese included the incremental introduction of mandatory agricultural collectivization.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Great Leap Forward (GLF) was a campaign initiated in 1958 in China. The aims of this campaign are as follows:-

• The aim of the campaign was to initiate large scale industrialisation in the country concentrating not only in the urban areas but also in the rural ones.
• The people in the urban areas were motivated to set up industries in their backyards.
• In the rural areas, Commune System was implemented. Under this system, people were engaged in collective farming.