an unsuccessful attempt made under Mao Zedong in China 1958—60 to hasten the process of industrialization and improve agricultural production by reorganizing the population into large rural collectives and adopting labour-intensive industrial methods
大跃进(中国1958—1960年在毛泽东领导下的一次不成功的尝试,试图通过将人口重组成大型农村合作社和采用劳动密集型生产方式来加快工业化进程和改善农业生产)。