Second Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China

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The Second Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China was a national economic and social development program (1958–1962) closely associated with the Great Leap Forward, aiming for rapid industrialization and collectivization but resulting in severe economic disruption and famine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Five-Year Plan of China ⓘ
national economic and social development plan ⓘ
aimedAt accelerating economic growth ⓘ
agricultural collectivization ⓘ
increasing steel production ⓘ
rapid industrialization ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Mainland China ⓘ
associatedWith Great Leap Forward ⓘ
characterizedBy backyard steel furnaces ⓘ
mass mobilization campaigns ⓘ
overambitious production targets ⓘ
rapid formation of people's communes ⓘ
country People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
economicSectorFocus coal industry ⓘ
infrastructure construction ⓘ
machinery manufacturing ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
endTime 1962 ⓘ
followedBy Third Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
followedByEvent policy readjustment in early 1960s China ⓘ
follows First Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
governmentTypeDuringImplementation single-party socialist state ⓘ
hasLanguage Chinese ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
historicalSignificance central episode of the Great Leap Forward ⓘ
major policy failure in PRC economic history ⓘ
ideologicalBasis Maoism ⓘ
radical collectivism ⓘ
implementedBy Communist Party of China ⓘ
implementedUnderLeader Liu Shaoqi ⓘ
Mao Zedong ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
partOf Great Leap Forward ⓘ
planningBody State Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
policyEmphasis communal agriculture ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
people's communes ⓘ
precededByEvent completion of the First Five-Year Plan ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
resultedIn decline in agricultural output ⓘ
demographic crisis in China ⓘ
industrial dislocation ⓘ
severe economic disruption ⓘ
widespread famine ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
startTime 1958 ⓘ
timePeriod Maoist era ⓘ

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First Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China → followedBy → Second Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Good News from the Next World → hasPart → "Great Leap Forward" ⓘ
linked to: Second Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China
People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry → participatedIn → Second Five-Year Plan ⓘ
linked to: Second Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China