Study On The "Great Leap Forward" Movement And Production Disaster Relief In Changle County Of Shandong Province(1957-1962)

The Great Leap Forward Movement was a grave mistake made by the Chinese Communist Party in exploring the road to building socialism.Like other regions of the country,There were different degrees of implementation of the leap policy in various fields and aspects of the Great Leap Forward Movement in Changle county Shandong province.This consequences were also very serious.The article use the original archives and the memories of the parties from 1957 to 1962 in Changle county.Based on the political and economic changes in Chinese society in the 1950s and 1960s.Through the restoration of the concrete performance of the Great Leap Forward Movement in Changle county,the serious consequences caused by it and the production of disaster relief and other historic facts.To explore the particularity of production and relief work in Changle county.In the 1959-1961 national famine,Changle county’s agricultural production and population growth returned to normal in 1961.The reason was that the County Party Committee led by Wang Yongcheng,the secretary of the County Committee of Changle county,led the whole county production team,in accordance with the actual situation of the county,to carry out the national production and relief policies.The first chapter briefly expounds the economic and political situation of Changle county before the Great Leap Forward Movement.The premature economic leaps and bounds in Changle county and the expansion of political anti-rightist movements fueled the "leftist"thinking,and cleared the way for the various radical policies carried out by the Great Leap Forward.The second chapter mainly discusses the development of the Great Leap Forward Movement in Changle county,namely the concrete manifestation of the leap forward in agriculture,industry,production relations and health.By restoring the leaping history in many areas of Changle county,this chapter analyzes some of the problems caused by it,such as exaggerated winds,communist winds and blind winds,while gaining certain benefits.The third chapter,based on the second chapter,analyzes the serious consequences caused by the Great Leap Forward Movement in Changle county.It is mainly manifest in the agricultural production reduction,the shortage of grain ration,the serious problem of cadres,and the abnormal death caused by the famine.The fourth chapter is divided into three parts.The first part,on the one hand,mainly discuss some measures taken by the government for disaster relief;on the other hand,to explore folk self-help measures.The second part analyzes the results of the disaster relief production in Changle county from two respects of agricultural production recovery and population growth return to normal.The third part mainly discusses the particularity of the production and relief work,namely,the leaders of the County Committee headed by Wang Yongcheng and the leaders of some communes lead the people to carry out disaster relief policies.