When the Communist Party took over China,"The Great Leap Forward" was instituted as a system to encourage the growth of agricultural production in China.Yet,during this time,millions of people starved to death.Why did this occur?

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The Great Leap Forward emphasized collectivization and communal living, which led to the suppression of individual incentives and the neglect of the importance of market-based mechanisms. Farmers were forced to work on large, inefficient communes and their productivity declined. Moreover, local officials were under pressure to exaggerate their production numbers to meet the ambitious national targets, which led to widespread misreporting and corruption. The combination of these factors contributed to the failure of the agricultural system and the consequent starvation of millions of people.

When the Communist Party Took Over China,"The Great Leap Forward