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 NERFINISHED
associatedWith Great Leap Forward NERFINISHED
characterizedBy backyard steel furnaces
mass mobilization campaigns
overambitious production targets
rapid formation of people's communes
country China
surface form: People's Republic of China
economicSectorFocus coal industry
infrastructure construction
machinery manufacturing
steel industry
endTime 1962
followedBy Third Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
followedByEvent policy readjustment in early 1960s China
follows First Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
governmentTypeDuringImplementation single-party socialist state GENERATED
hasLanguage Chinese
historicalPeriod Cold War
historicalSignificance central episode of the Great Leap Forward
major policy failure in PRC economic history
ideologicalBasis Maoism NERFINISHED
radical collectivism
implementedBy Communist Party of China NERFINISHED
implementedUnderLeader Liu Shaoqi NERFINISHED
Mao Zedong NERFINISHED
Zhou Enlai NERFINISHED
partOf Great Leap Forward NERFINISHED
planningBody State Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
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