Successes and Failures of first 5YP Flashcards
What was the annual growth rate during the first 5YP?
15%
What was the growth of ind output per year
16%
What happened to railway freight volume
Doubled
What 2 resources were discovered in Xinjiang
Oil and uranium
What was abolished in 1956
Private sector
How much did the ind working class grow
6-10m
What improved for ind workers
Standard of living e.g. Shanghai
What did greater urbanisation make easier for the CCP
Enhance influence over pop
How many ind enterprises did they build with the USSR’s support?
This included how many of what two enterprises?
156
25 elec power stations
60 machinery plants
How many Soviet ind experts were sent to China to supply knowledge and experience
11,000
How many more trucks did they produce than initially intended?
Coal?
Elec power?
3500
17mmt
3b kwh
FAILURES:
What were they dependent on
Why did they have to sell crops at extremely low prices
USSR loans
To meet high interest rates of these loans
What did the value of agri output grow by per year
2%/year
Who didn’t have enough food? (2)
Both peasants and workers
What was there little investment in
This created a very low what?
Healthcare, education etc
Standard of living
