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- Making Mao’s Steelworks
- Cambridge Studies in the History of the People’s Republic of China
- Making Mao’s Steelworks
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Empire, War, and the Global Crisis of Capitalism, 1915–1948
- Part II Socialist Industrialization as a Hybrid System, 1948–1957
- 3 Making Manchuria Red
- 4 The Soviet Big Brother Is Watching You
- 5 Who Owns the State-Owned Enterprise?
- 6 Speaking Maoist
- Part III Socialisms with Chinese Characteristics, 1957–2000
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A Note on Primary Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Who Owns the State-Owned Enterprise?
from Part II - Socialist Industrialization as a Hybrid System, 1948–1957
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2024
- Making Mao’s Steelworks
- Cambridge Studies in the History of the People’s Republic of China
- Making Mao’s Steelworks
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Empire, War, and the Global Crisis of Capitalism, 1915–1948
- Part II Socialist Industrialization as a Hybrid System, 1948–1957
- 3 Making Manchuria Red
- 4 The Soviet Big Brother Is Watching You
- 5 Who Owns the State-Owned Enterprise?
- 6 Speaking Maoist
- Part III Socialisms with Chinese Characteristics, 1957–2000
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A Note on Primary Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines bureaucratic politics surrounding Angang in the early People’s Republic of China (PRC). Major state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as Angang were subject to both vertical control from the PRC government in Beijing and horizontal control from local Chinese Communist Party organizations. The tension between these two lines of control manifested in debates over the “one-chief system” – a Soviet-style top-down management structure. This tension was also evident in Angang’s construction, production, and sales. Despite the ostensibly centralized system, the PRC planned economy operated at the grassroots level as a field of constant negotiation among various government offices and SOEs, each interpreting the state policies in their own way.
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- Making Mao's SteelworksIndustrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism, pp. 163 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024