Slow Growth of Labour Productivity in Chinese Industry, 1952–81
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The China Quarterly
- Vol. 96, 641-664
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s030574100002436x
Abstract
Since the death of Mao Zedong in the autumn of 1976, Beijing's economic advisers have been trying to explain what went wrong with the Chinese economy during the past 25 years and, in particular, why the growth of productivity has been so slow. Their findings are pieced together in the series shown in Tables 1 and 2. These Figures demonstrate the impact of the Leap Forward (1958–60), the Cultural Revolution (1966–69), and the final struggle against the “gang of four“ (1976).Keywords
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