ID: 901001521 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001521	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Great Leap Forward (Chinese history, 1958-1960)

Note: Massive campaign instigated by the Communist Party in China, meant to expand the country's agricultural industrialization process, in light of strained relations with the U.S.S.R. It was seen as disastrous, leading to, among other events, the famine of ca. 1959-1962, which claimed approximately 20 million lives.

Display Date: 1958-1960

Names:

	Great Leap Forward (Chinese history, 1958-1960) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Asian history> (P)
		........Chinese history (P)
		............Great Leap Forward (Chinese history, 1958-1960) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... campaign
	.....(cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... China
	.....(Asia) (TGN)

Sources:

	Great Leap Forward (Chinese history, 1958-1960)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 6 October 2016

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 6 October 2016
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward#/media/File:Xinyang_working_at_night.jpg