Glencoe World History © 2012 Georgia Edition

The Four Modernizations

Introduction
Deng Xiaoping, who became the leader of China after Mao Zedong died, called for a program of Four Modernizations—new policies in industry, agriculture, science and technology, and national defense. The aim of this program was to move China to a more market-driven economy while remaining committed to a Communist political system. In this activity you will read about the policies and effects of the Four Modernizations.

Destination Title: Economic Development in China After Mao

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• Read the information provided.
• Take notes as you go.

Use the information you found to answer the following questions.

1			How did Mao Zedong view modernization?
2			How had Mao's Great Leap Forward affected steel production?
3			What did the Four Modernizations encourage farmers on communes to do?
4			What two ventures did the Chinese initiate to provide new sources of revenue or capital to fund the Four Modernizations?
5			E lectronic spreadsheets are used to manage numbers quickly and easily. Formulas may be used to add, subtract, multiply, and divide the numbers in a spreadsheet. Create a spreadsheet showing how iron and steel production, petroleum production, agricultural output and investment, and coal production quotas varied from the beginning of the Four Modernizations to 1979, when a revised plan was created.