Editing Great Leap Forward (section)

===Industrialization===
Overall, the Great Leap Forward failed to rapidly industrialize China as intended;{{sfnp|Harrell|2023|p=84}} however, there was significant capital construction (especially in iron, steel, mining and textile enterprises) that ultimately contributed greatly to [[Chinese industrialization|China's later industrialization]].<ref name="Joseph1986">{{Cite journal |last=Joseph |first=William A. |year=1986 |title=A Tragedy of Good Intentions: Post-Mao Views of the Great Leap Forward |journal=Modern China |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=419–457 |doi=10.1177/009770048601200401 |jstor=189257 }}</ref> The Great Leap Forward period also marked the initiation of China's rapid growth in tractor and fertilizer production.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lippit |first=Victor D. |year=1975 |title=The Great Leap Forward Reconsidered |journal=[[Modern China (journal)|Modern China]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=92–115 |doi=10.1177/009770047500100104 |jstor=188886 }}</ref>

The successful construction of the [[Daqing Oil Field|Daqing oil field]] despite harsh weather conditions and supply limitations became a model held up by the Party as an example during subsequent industrialization campaigns. During its 1960 construction, Oil Minister [[Yu Qiuli]] mobilized workers through ideological motivation instead of material incentives, focusing enthusiasm, energy, and resources to complete a rapid industrialization project. The project also delivered critical economic benefits because without the production of the Daqing oil field, crude oil would have been severely limited after the Soviet Union cut off supplies as a result of the Sino-Soviet split.{{sfnp|Meyskens|2020|pp=52–54}}

Large-scale irrigation projects begun during the late 1950s as part of the Great Leap Forward continued to grow rapidly until the late 1970s.{{sfnp|Hou|2021|p=206}}

During the Great Leap Forward, control of [[State-owned enterprises of China|state-owned enterprises]] was largely decentralized, with control being transferred to local governments from the central government.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Hirata |first=Koji |title=Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism |date=2024 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-009-38227-4 |series=Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China series |location=New York, NY}}</ref>{{Rp|page=231}} This process of decentralization also significantly increased the power of local Party organizations.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=238}}