Presents a study of the special pattern of China's industrialization and economic development through the analysis of approximately 100 policies, covering the historical period of China since 1949. This volume addresses what Chinese characteristics are, why rural people in China are so poor and why the 'miracle' of China's rural industry occurred.

This is a comprehensive study of the special pattern of China's industrialization and economic development through the analysis of approximately one hundred policies, covering the historical period of new China since 1949. Issues examined include how China dealt with the five principal conflicts in rural industrialization, those between rural and state-owned industry, rural industry and agriculture, rural collective and private industry, rural and urban population, and rural and urban economy. Looking to the policies implemented, this volume addresses what Chinese characteristics are, why rural people in China are so poor and why the 'miracle' of China's rural industry occurred.

Introduction - PART 1: RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION UNDER STATE MONOPOLY CONTROL - Shifting in the Land Reform Campaign - Sprouting in the Cooperative Campaign - Great Leap Forward in the People's Communization Campaign - Great Leap Backward in
the Panic Famine - Recovery in the Campaign to Accelerate Mechanization of Agriculture - PART 2: RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE TRANSITION TO ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION - Rise Under the Household Responsibility System - Great Expansion in the
Disintegration of People's Commune System - Setbacks in the
Emergency Braking for a Crisis - New Great Leap Forward under the Collapse of Soviet Union - Slowing Down in the Privatization Wave - New Century Shifting in the Campaign to Increase Farmer Income - Concluding Remark