5.2 - Economic Change under Deng

Question 1

How many tonnes of grain did China have to import and in what year?

Answer 1

13.7 million in 1982

Question 2

Reform introduced for agriculture

Answer 2

Household Responsibility System

Question 3

What did agricultural reform do?

Answer 3

Gave peasants land over period of 15 years, and in return they had to produce certain quota of crops or their choice for state

Question 4

2 effects of agricultural reform

Answer 4

China became largest agricultural producer in the world
98% of households became part of system

Question 5

Reform introduced for industry

Answer 5

10 Year Plan

Question 6

What did industrial reform do?

Answer 6

Town and Village Enterprises (businesses in countryside) were introduced
Open-door policy for trade was introduced
Special Economic Zones provided cheap land & local labour to Western firms

Question 7

2 positive effects of industrial reform

Answer 7

China’s export trade grew by 500% by 1990
TVEs employed 100 million people in 1990

Question 8

2 negative effects of industrial reform

Answer 8

Inequalities in wealth and wages
Unemployment was still at 12% in 1983

Question 9

What did educational reform do?

Answer 9

Private universities allowed
Research institutes reopened

Question 10

What did birth control reform do?

Answer 10

One-child policy introduced
Financial penalties for having more than one child
Late term abortions permitted by state

Question 11

Effects of birth control reform

Answer 11

Compulsory abortion encouraged
Mental health issues in boys
114 boys to 100 girls ratio