Nevis suggested that a chinese hierarchy of needs would have four levels, which from lowest to highest would be: self-actualizat
ion in the service of society, safety, social, and esteem belonging, physiological, safety, and self-actualization in the service of society social, esteem, physiological, and safety safety, physiological, esteem, and belonging
<span>Edwin C Nevis took Maslow's Hierarchy of needs format for explaining a person's level of psychological needs and modified it for the Chinese culture.
Nevis based his hierarchy of needs on the period when Mao Tse Tung was in power.
During this period of time individuality was not expressed. The communist sentiment of the community being more important than the individual was stressed. Nevis reduced the number of needs to only four. From the most basic to the highest level of needs they are; belonging, psychology, safety, and self-actualization.</span>
The numbers tell the story of a nation in disarray. Industrial output was down by a third. The country's housing stock was reduced by 20%. Food production was half the level it was before the start of the war.