Mao started governing
1949
Agrarian Reform Law was introduced
1950
Mutual Aid Teams policy was implemented
1951
Mao encouraged peasants to form co-operatives (cooperative farms)
1953
First five-year plan in the process
1953 - 1957
Joining collective and cooperative farms to form communes
1955
Over 90% of China’s peasants belonged to co-operatives, Hundred Flowers Campaign
1957
Great Leap Forward
1958 - 1960
China’s Great Famine
1958 - 1962
Mao stepped down as Chairman of the PRC
1959
Cultural Revolution
1966 - 1976
Death of Mao
1976