Great Leap Forward

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in China 1950–1981.

Definition

Mao’s 1958–1962 economic plan to rapidly industrialize China through rural communes, which ended in a catastrophic famine.

Exam Context

Great Leap Forward appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for Non-British Depth Studies, especially China 1950–1981 and The Cultural Revolution 1966–1976.

Non-British Depth Studies China 1950–1981 The Cultural Revolution 1966–1976

Study Pathways

Non-British Depth Studies

China 1950–1981

The Cultural Revolution 1966–1976

Non-British Depth Studies

China 1950–1981

Establishing Communism in China 1950–1965

Found in Revision Notes

Non-British Depth Studies

Communist Policy in Tibet & the Dazhai Case Study

China 1950–1981 • The Cultural Revolution 1966–1976

Revise note

Non-British Depth Studies

The Great Leap Forward and the Dazhai Commune

China 1950–1981 • Establishing Communism in China 1950–1965

Revise note

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