The second session of the Eighth Party Congress endorsed a drive to achieve rapid industrial and agricultural growth through mass mobilization. The campaign sought to close the gap with advanced economies and avoid dependence on foreign powers. Unrealistic targets, politicized reporting and forced diversion of labor from agriculture made output statistics unreliable and production increasingly fragile.
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Which policy drive began with the 1958 Party “general line”?
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The campaign sought rapid industrial and agricultural growth through mass mobilization.
The Great Leap sought rapid growth through mass mobilization.
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The campaign tried to accelerate both industrial and agricultural output.