"In China the struggle to consolidate the socialist system, the struggle to decide whether socialism or capitalism will prevail, will still take a long historical period. However, we should all realize that the new system of socialism will unquestionably be consolidated. We can assuredly build a socialist state with modern industry, modern agriculture, and modern science and culture."
~ Mao Zedong
Industrialization
Student Interview with Wrenren Chen, survivor of the Great Leap Forward, on his experience working during this period
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Chairman Mao's First Five Year Plan did help industrialize China, but there were many side effects.