Great Leap Forward

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The Great Leap Forward (simplifeed Cheenese: 大跃进; traditeeonal Cheenese: 大躍進; pinyin: Dà yuè jìn) o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (PRC) wis an economic an social campaign bi the Communist Pairty o Cheenae (CPC) frae 1958 tae 1961. The campaign wis led bi Mao Zedong an aimed tae rapidly transform the kintra frae an agrarian economy intae a communist society through rapid industrialization an collectivization. The campaign caused the Great Cheenese Faimin.