Great Leap Forward

Peasant comrades! Temper your bodies well, fight for high production and bumper harvests!
Peasant comrades! Temper your bodies well, fight for high production and bumper harvests! (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) I
Untitled (People's communes) I (1959)
Together with the ore we are refined into steel!
Together with the ore we are refined into steel! (1959, January)
Watch the fire well to make steel, learn martial arts well to protect your hometown!
Watch the fire well to make steel, learn martial arts well to protect your hometown! (1959, January)
Choose fresh food, be careful with preservation
Choose fresh food, be careful with preservation (1959, January)
Produce more iron, produce steel fast, relentlessly strike the American wolf!
Produce more iron, produce steel fast, relentlessly strike the American wolf! (1959, January)
Struggle for steel
Struggle for steel (1959, January)
Struggle hard for the happiness of the ten thousand generations of children and grandchildren
Struggle hard for the happiness of the ten thousand generations of children and grandchildren (1959, January)
Jin Meisheng - The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plump, the yield is abundant
The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plump, the yield is abundant (1959, February)
Shao Wenjin - Strike the battle drum of the Great Leap Forward ever louder
Strike the battle drum of the Great Leap Forward ever louder (1959, February)
Continue to implement the policy of taking steel as the key link, fight for a greater Leap Forward on the battlefront of industry in 1959!
Continue to implement the policy of taking steel as the key link, fight for a greater Leap Forward on the battlefront of industry in 1959! (1959, February)
Work industriously, work hard, work skillfully to achieve a bigger, better and more comprehensive Leap Forward
Work industriously, work hard, work skillfully to achieve a bigger, better and more comprehensive Leap Forward (1959, February)
If the target is ten, take measures to achieve twelve with soaring enthusiasm!
If the target is ten, take measures to achieve twelve with soaring enthusiasm! (1959, February)
The dragon and the phoenix bring prosperity
The dragon and the phoenix bring prosperity (1959, February)
Establish the grand guiding principle of communism -- Surpass and overtake the most advanced capitalist nations in the field of economy after seven years
Establish the grand guiding principle of communism -- Surpass and overtake the most advanced capitalist nations in the field of economy after seven years (1959, February)
A happy life for all eternity
A happy life for all eternity (1959, March)
Victory belongs to peace and socialism
Victory belongs to peace and socialism (1959, March)
Support industry to make more cooking pots
Support industry to make more cooking pots (1959, March)
Molten iron flows out, golden waves turn over
Molten iron flows out, golden waves turn over (1959, April)
Leaping forward with the alliance of workers and peasants
Leaping forward with the alliance of workers and peasants (1959, April)
Everybody mounts a horse, all compete to be first
Everybody mounts a horse, all compete to be first (1959, April)
Caring for the next generation is a glorious task
Caring for the next generation is a glorious task (1959, April)
Innovate technology to welcome abundant harvests
Innovate technology to welcome abundant harvests (1959, June)
The soil is overturned deeply, the Sputnik will fly high
The soil is overturned deeply, the Sputnik will fly high (1959, June)
Everybody studies science, everybody does experiments
Everybody studies science, everybody does experiments (1959, August)
The commune is like a gigantic dragon, production is noticeable awe-inspiring
The commune is like a gigantic dragon, production is noticeable awe-inspiring (1959, September)
Strive to catch up with the United Kingdom in terms of output of major industrial products in about ten years and forge ahead courageously!
Strive to catch up with the United Kingdom in terms of output of major industrial products in about ten years and forge ahead courageously! (1959, September)
Forge ahead courageously to complete or almost complete the main targets of the second Five-Year Plan within this year!
Forge ahead courageously to complete or almost complete the main targets of the second Five-Year Plan within this year! (1959, September)
Great alliance, great strength
Great alliance, great strength (1959, September)
The dragon and the phoenix bring prosperity
The dragon and the phoenix bring prosperity (1959, November)
Long live the Great Leap Forward
Long live the Great Leap Forward (1959, November)
Promote the industrialization of the commune - Realize mechanization in agriculture
Promote the industrialization of the commune - Realize mechanization in agriculture (1959, November)
Persevere in the Great Leap Forward
Persevere in the Great Leap Forward (1959, November)
Drum up enthusiasm, strive for high speed, seize a complete victory
Drum up enthusiasm, strive for high speed, seize a complete victory (1959, November)
Study culture to realize the Four Modernizations
Study culture to realize the Four Modernizations (1959, December)
Realize the network of waterways to ensure the Great Leap Forward
Realize the network of waterways to ensure the Great Leap Forward (1959, December)
Develop industrial and agricultural production, realize the simultaneous development of industry and agriculture
Develop industrial and agricultural production, realize the simultaneous development of industry and agriculture (1960)
Speed up the mechanization of agriculture
Speed up the mechanization of agriculture (1960)
The communes are big, the people numerous, the natural resources abundant...
The communes are big, the people numerous, the natural resources abundant, it is easy to develop a diversified economy (1960)
The communes are big and the backbone is strong, it is easy to set up a unified system...
The communes are big and the backbone is strong, it is easy to set up a unified system of allocation of available labor power, foster numerous troops of activists that are both red and expert to build up socialism (1960)
Greatly develop the sectors of culture, communication and transport
Greatly develop the sectors of culture, communication and transport (1960)
The power to fight disasters is strong to quicker raise the levels of production and life
The power to fight disasters is strong to quicker raise the levels of production and life (1960)
Fighting for steel
Fighting for steel (1960, January)
Ride the wind and cleave the waves to realise a Leap Forward in all fields
Ride the wind and cleave the waves to realise a Leap Forward in all fields (1960, January)
Advance towards the modernization of agriculture!
Advance towards the modernization of agriculture! (1960, January)
Beat the battledrum, in 1960 we will continue the Great Leap Forward!
Beat the battledrum, in 1960 we will continue the Great Leap Forward! (1960, January)
The flower of the Leap Forward opens up red year after year
The flower of the Leap Forward opens up red year after year (1960, January)
Hurry towards an even greater future with the speed of the Great Leap Forward
Hurry towards an even greater future with the speed of the Great Leap Forward (1960, January)
Long live the people's communes
Long live the people's communes (1960, January)
The first spring of the 1960s
The first spring of the 1960s (1960, March)
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