The Study Of The Great Leap Forward Movement In Yizhang County, Hunan Province

In the late1950s, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Chinalaunched the Great Leap Forward Movement. History is the most telling witness thatthe Great Leap Forward Movement is a mistake in the economic development historyof China. But it exerted a profound influence in the history of the People’s Republicof China. The thesis illustrated by the example of the Great Leap Forward Movementof Yizhang, Hunan. The thesis collected many original materials and many relevantpeople’s memoirs. So that it can restore the truth of history.The first part of the thesis is a brief introduction. In this part, the writer wouldtell the meaning of study Yizhang Great Leap Forward Movement, the research tendsof this movement. Hardly any articles or books about Yizhang Great Leap ForwardMovement can be found. The writer is a Yizhangnese and he wants to know aboutYizhang’s history profoundly. So, under the guidance of the tutor, the writer tries toexplore the Yizhang Great Leap Forward Movement.The second part analyses the background of the Great Leap Forward Movementand factors which push the movement’s development. According to the meeting spiritwhich the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has made, Yizhangcounty party committee put the slogan that working hard in three year, then we canrun up to the rich peasants’ living standard, and make Yizhang an about-turn over.Due to the fragile eco-environment of Yizhang and the pressing demand that thepeasants want to live a better life, the Great Leap Forward Movement is highlysupported and welcomed by dwellers.The third part reviewed the starting and the procedure of the Great LeapForward Movement in agriculture, industry, traffic, post and telecommunications,cultural education and health protection, people’s commune and so on. Thisillustration would combine the details of Yizhang Great Leap Forward Movement andpresenting the distinguishing feature of Yizhang Great Leap Forward Movement.The fourth part expounds the consequences that the Great Leap ForwardMovement brought. People in Yizhang County suffered the lack of food supplies andthe spread of diseases. And it also makes a reflection of Yizhang Great Leap ForwardMovement. Studying the history of Yizhang Great Leap Forward Movement can not onlyprovide some historical materials for the researchers, but also it’s an impressive lessonfor the future economical development in China.