/kloc-in the winter of 0/957, China set off an agricultural production climax centered on building water conservancy, raising pigs and improving soil, which started the Great Leap Forward. 1In May, 958, the Second National Congress of the Eighth CPC adopted the general line of "building socialism with all efforts, striving for the upper reaches and saving land as soon as possible", which reflected the general desire of the Party and the broad masses of the people to urgently change China's backward economic and cultural situation, but violated the objective laws that economic construction must follow.
After the meeting, the "Great Leap Forward" movement was launched in all aspects of the country. In agriculture, the slogan of "taking grain as the key link" was put forward, demanding that the specified grain output index be reached in five, three or even one or two years, which caused serious exaggeration. The industry put forward the slogan of "taking steel as the key link", demanding that the steel output of 15 should surpass that of Britain in advance in a few years, which set off a mass movement for steelmaking.