First Five Year Plan (1953-1957)
The plans for the improvement of forestry, including meteorological
techniques, are presented in more detail in the poster below left,
whereas specific water conservancy plans related to the Yellow river
are presented below right.
No economic development without improvements in
transport. Existing and planned railroad links are detailed below.
Looking at the situation in the early 1950s and comparing it with the
breakneck speed of economic development and infrastructural development
in the 1990s and '00s, it is truly shocking to see how closed off major
parts of China still were in the early years of the PRC.
Improvement and further development of road-, water-
and airlinks are discussed in the poster below left. Somewhat as an
afterthought, the poster below left pays attention to the necessity to
develop commerce, at the same time calling for the reform of privately
run shops. This should indicate that private enterprise, at least in
the commercial sector, still existed widely. In the lower section, the
twelve most important consumer goods and the increases in their
availability after the completion of the plan are highlighted.
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