First Five Year Plan And Anti Rightist Campaigns(CHINA) Flashcards
(17 cards)
What was Maos aim for the first five year plan
-Make PRC as self sufficient in food and manufactured goods as possible
-aims was also to channel resources into these heavy industries,away from consumer goods, which were regarded less important for this plan
How did China meet its aim of nationalising industries
Fear generated from the five antis campaign-early 1956- brought an end to private ownership entirely
Why did they keep food prices low
So that they could lower industrial workers wages
Successes of the first five year plan for China for industry
Industrial output grew rapidly
Averaging 15.5% annually and surpassing targets,surpassed targets
Steel centre at Anshan was a major success, improving logistics and national integration
How many workers were attracted to Anshan
350,000
Due to the first five year plan what improved for the industrial workers
-standard of living
-greater job security
-work guaranteed all year around
Failures agriculturally due to first five year plan
-Output lagged behind
Growing only 2.1% annually due to forced procurement at low prices
-food shortages in cities
-This highlighted a clear imbalance between industrial and rural development
With Consumer good being neglected, what impact did this have on China
Not enough food was being imported
Food shortages
There was little investment in improving the health care or education system
What did three antis campaign(1951)target
Corruption
Waste
Delay
Even though the accusations were false why did no one stand up against the anti campaigns
Atmosphere of fear
What happened to those accused of being in the three or five antis
Faced intense public denunciations
Forced confessions
Imprisonment’s
Executions
What did the five antis target
Bribery
Tax evasion
Fraud
Theft of state property
Economic espionage
What did the campaign target for
Cleaning up the party
What groups were targeted and why in the anti rightists campaign
Intellectuals-seen as ties to the old nationalist regime-they also had the potential to criticise the regime
-Mao saw them as a threat
Business owners-seen as representatives of bourgeoise
Religions-rival ideology- promoted something other than Mao
Bo Yibo in charge of orchestrating the clean up campaign boasted about what
He hunted down 100,000 tigers
Tigers were the people who were accused of these antis
In the five antis how did it intensify
Mao directly targeted the bourgeoise now
Party activists encouraged work groups to accuse their employees of
