A Historical Study on the Changes of Urban Vegetable Supply System in New China(1949-1965)
After 1949,especially around the implementation of the First Five-Year Plan in 1953,the urban population in China grew rapidly,and the supply of urban vegetables became a major livelihood issue that must be solved after the founding of New China.The Party and government first made the decision that agricultural production in urban suburbs should be centered on vegetables,took measures to attach importance to vegetable storage and establish a planned vegetable purchase and sales system,and then adjusted the unified system of purchase and sales by the state for urban vegetables.During the three-year difficult period,vegetable production and storage in the suburbs were further strengthened.During the period of national economic adjustment,after practice and comparison,the urban vegetable production and sales system was reformed on the basis of collective economy.At this point,the urban vegetable supply system in New China basically took shape.The continuously adjusted vegetable production and sales system promoted the Party and government's understanding of the socialist system,especially the issues of planning and market,in practice,laying an important foundation for subsequent reform and development.