The outcome of the Chinese Civil War led to the implementation of the Great Leap Forward.
The Great Leap Forward constituted a campaign of economic, social as well as political measures introduced in the People's Republic of China between 1958 and 1961, under the rule of Mao Zedong, seeking to shift the traditional Chinese agrarian economy through rapid industrialization and collectivization.
The Great Leap Forward represented a push by Mao Zedong in order to transform China from a predominantly agrarian (farming) society to a modern, industrial society.