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Agrarian Reform (1949 to 1952)
Agriculture and rural economic in PR China has been built on top of a very
weak economic base with very backward productive forces.
 From
1949 to 1952, the early years following the founding of PR China, the Chinese
government gave top priority to the agrarian reform for the purpose of boosting
agricultural production. On June 30,1950, Law on Agrarian Reform of the
People's Republic of China was promulgated and was warmly welcomed by
emancipated farmers. During the agrarian reform, the government abolished the
land ownership featuring feudalistic exploitation by the very few previous
landowners and replaced it with farmers' land ownership system. This is to make
sure that all farmers could have their own land, emancipate rural productive
forces and boost agricultural development.
 Three years
of agrarian reform had greatly stimulated the farmers' production enthusiasm and
triggered rapid agricultural growth. In 1952, the total agricultural output
value reached 46.1 billion yuan, up by 48.5% over that of 1949; total grain
output reached 163.9 million tons, up by 45%; the output of other farm produce
also surpassed the highest level ever scored before the establishment of PR
China.
Edited by
CECAT
2002/10/9 |
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