A Generation Gap in 1960-1980 in China

The effect was made to reopen the schools andIn general all children attend primary school, although
colleges in 1960. The admission of new students wasnot all finish because many are taken from school to
not accompanied by a complete reassertion of thework on the farm.
old practices, which the left wing had condemned asIn 1979, the one child policy was implemented, it has
elitist. The examinations were restored, and thepursued the most comprehensive birth control policy
authority of teachers, who had been humiliated andin the world. On the incentive side, couples who
abused since 1965, was protected.pleaded to have only one child were a reward with
On Chairman Moa' admission policy, gave a highbonuses, larger apartments improved medical care
priority to workers, peasants, and soldiers who hadand places at the best schools. Those who refused
been recommended by their committees or theirand went ahead with a second birth, faced fined and
units, they would return on graduation. Studentsdiscrimination in distinction of their employers.
were expected to spend some time in theIn 1980, Oversea Chinese was returned and invested
productive labour, such as farming industries, factoryin China. Foreign investors were followed in the later
workers or joined the army.year. Foreign investors seek China is the best place
After Chairman Moa died, his successor was arrestedto invest due to China has intensified cheap labour. In
and Deng Xiaoping sought power in 1977. Thethe two decades China's trade had grown more than
beginning of The Revolution in Agriculture, Thetenfold. 80% of China's exports were the
political and economic Reform.manufacture product.
Chairman of Deng Xiaoping in 1978 criticized theIn 1990s, China was a major trading nation a member
existing system of economic priorities, pointed outof the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Trade and
China was spending less on education than India.investment, together with free market reforms in
Investment in capital construction in higher educationthe domestic economy, particularly agriculture,
spent as little more as 1 per cent of the statetransformed the Chinese economy, was not in doubt.
budget. By the 1990 it was running over 4 per cent.