Back Groot Sprong Voorwaarts Afrikaans Großer Sprung nach vorn ALS القفزة العظيمة للأمام Arabic Reblincón Alantre AST Böyük sıçrayış Azerbaijani Киҫкен күтәрелеш Bashkir Големият скок напред Bulgarian সম্মুখগামী মহালম্ফ Bengali/Bangla Gran Salt Endavant Catalan Velký skok vpřed Czech

Great Leap Forward

Government officials being sent to work in the countryside (1957)
Rural workers smelting iron at nighttime (1958)
Backyard furnaces in the countryside (1958)
A dining hall in a people's commune (1958)

The Great Leap Forward (Chinese: 大跃进; pinyin: Dàyuèjìn) was a plan to improve China's economy and industry. The Communist leader Chairman Mao Zedong started the Great Leap Forward in 1958, and it ended in 1962.

The Great Leap Forward did not bring industrialization. It created a famine that killed millions of people. Some people think it is biggest famine in history.[1][2]

  1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference chicago was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference book was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

Developed by StudentB