Which Chinese leader later adopted Soviet-style economic strategies, including Five-Year Plans and collectivization?

Which Chinese leader later adopted Soviet-style economic strategies, including Five-Year Plans and collectivization?

• A. Sun Yat-sen
• B. Deng Xiaoping
• C. Mao Zedong
• D. Jiang Jieshi

Answer: (C)

Mao Zedong is the one who adopted Soviet-style economic strategies, including centralized planning and collectivization. After the PRC was established, he aligned with the Soviet model, bringing in advisers and implementing planning-focused policies. The First Five-Year Plan (1953–1957) pushed heavy industry under state control, while agriculture moved toward collectivization, forming large collective farms and, later, communes. These moves mirror the Soviet approach to rapid industrialization through central planning. By contrast, Sun Yat-sen focused on modernization and nationalism in a different era, Jiang Jieshi led a government more oriented toward Allied and capitalist influences, and Deng Xiaoping later shifted away from centralized planning toward market reforms.

Mao Zedong is the one who adopted Soviet-style economic strategies, including centralized planning and collectivization. After the PRC was established, he aligned with the Soviet model, bringing in advisers and implementing planning-focused policies. The First Five-Year Plan (1953–1957) pushed heavy industry under state control, while agriculture moved toward collectivization, forming large collective farms and, later, communes. These moves mirror the Soviet approach to rapid industrialization through central planning. By contrast, Sun Yat-sen focused on modernization and nationalism in a different era, Jiang Jieshi led a government more oriented toward Allied and capitalist influences, and Deng Xiaoping later shifted away from centralized planning toward market reforms.