What were Mao Zedongs policies?
Mao Zedong tried to reduce China’s dependency on foreign industry by instituting the 5-year Plan. The first plan was successful, but the second called the Great Leap Forward was not. Mao tried to focus on heavy industry by tightening control of faming collectives, collective ownersip of farm implements, and massive infrastructure projects. Unrealistic regulations created a famine and the infrastructure projects failed becasue Mao had previously had the intellectuals of China shipped to labor camps in the country so the projects had no leadership.
