OCR GCSE History A · J410
Paper 1
Revise: Economic Reform and the Four ModernisationsUnder Mao, a centrally planned economy meant that the state directed production through targets and controlled resources. This could mobilise resources for government priorities, but producers had limited freedom to respond to customers or improve their own earnings. Deng Xiaoping, who became China's dominant leader in 1978, wanted a more productive economy and higher living standards.
- Revise: Post-War Legacy: De-Nazification and Divided Germany
An economy in which the state directs production and allocates resources rather than leaving these decisions mainly to competing private businesses.