Great Leap Forward

English

(historical) A vast economic and social plan lasting from 1958 to 1961 which aimed to use the Chinese population to rapidly transform the People's Republic of China from a primarily agrarian economy by peasant farmers into a modern communist society through agriculturalization and industrialization.
A theoretical point in human evolution at which point complex tools, weapons, sculptures, etc. began to appear, supplanting previous primitive behaviour.

Great Leap Forward (in China)

Korean: 대약진 (Daeyagjin) (大躍進)
Mongolian: Их үсрэлтийн бодлого (Ih üsreltijn bodlogo)
Polish: Wielki skok naprzód m
Portuguese: Grande Salto Adiante m
Russian: Большо́й скачо́к m (Bolʹšój skačók)
Spanish: Gran Salto Adelante m
Swedish: stora språnget n
Uyghur: چوڭ سەكرەش‎ (chong sekresh), چوڭ سەكرەپ ئىلگىرىلەش‎ (chong sekrep ilgirilesh)
Vietnamese: Đại nhảy vọt

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