Four-Year Economic Development Plan
The Executive Yuan announces the first Four-Year Economic Development Plan, beginning a sustained program of state-directed economic development.
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1953 in China
Explore 12 historical events and records for China in 1953.
Historical records for China in 1953
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January
Land-to-the-Tiller Act
Promulgates the Land-to-the-Tiller Act, transferring farmland from large landowners to tenant farmers under compensated reform.
Xiluo Bridge Opening
Attends the opening of Xiluo Bridge, a major infrastructure project completed with substantial American assistance.
February
Strait Neutralization Policy
The United States ends its policy of neutralizing the Taiwan Strait, allowing Chiang’s forces greater freedom of action against the mainland.
June
United Nations
The US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
United Nations
The US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
July
Korean Armistice
Oversees Chinese policy as the Korean Armistice Agreement ends major fighting on the peninsula.
December
Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
Presents principles of sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference, equality, mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence during talks with Indian representatives.
Other events (month unknown)
Economy of China
The communist party launches the first five-year plan with the aims of industrialization, collectivization of agriculture, and political centralization
Five Year Plan
The communist party launches the first five-year plan with the aims of industrialization, collectivization of agriculture, and political centralization
Partition
Korea is permanently partitioned across the DMV (55,000 USA soldiers, one million south Koreans, one million Chinese soldiers, two million North Koreans have died
Rule of Korea
Korea is permanently partitioned across the DMV (55,000 USA soldiers, one million south Koreans, one million Chinese soldiers, two million North Koreans have died
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