This book is a comprehensive and positive study of the special pattern of China's industrialization and economic development, covering all of the relevant, main policies (more than one hundred) from 1949 to the twenty-first century.

This book is a comprehensive and positive study of the special pattern of China's industrialization and economic development, covering all of the relevant, main policies (more than one hundred) from 1949 to the twenty-first century.

List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction: China's Rural Industrialization, Characteristics and Miracle PART I: RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION UNDER STATE MONOPOLY CONTROL Shifting in the Land Reform Campaign Sprouting in the Cooperative Campaign Great Leap Forward in the People's Communization Campaign Great Leap Backward in the Panic Famine Recovery in the Campaign to Accelerate the Mechanization of Agriculture PART II: RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE TRANSITION TO ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION Rise Under the Household Responsibility System Great Expansion in the Disintegration of the People's Commune System Setbacks in the Emergency Braking for a Crisis New Great Leap Forward after the Collapse of the Soviet Union Slowing Down in the Privatization Wave New Century Shifting in the Campaign to Increase Farmer Income Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliography Index