In 1958, China's Great Leap Forward
called programs designed to increase both industrial and agricultural
production.
To add, <span>the </span>Great Leap Forward<span> was an
effort made by the Communist Party of China (CPC) under the leadership of Mao
Zedong (also known as Mao Tse-tung) to transform China into a society capable
of competing with other industrialized nations, within a short, five-year time
period.</span>