Research On Agricultural Mutual Assistance And Cooperative Movement In Xing County(1949-1956)

Xing county is located in the lvliang Mountain,this county was known as “Xiao Yan’an” in northwest Shanxi.Xing county went through the Reduction of Rent and Interest Movement carried out by the CPC during the Anti-Japanese War and the Land Reform during the Liberation War and the Reform of ownership of means of production during1949-1956,the 15 years’ s development of Xing county reflect the basic reform policy and the practice in the countryside of the CPC.On the basis of possessing a large amount of archival materials,this paper makes a detailed investigation of the historical process of mutual assistance and cooperation movement in xing county under the leadership of the communist party of China,pays attention to the reproduction of the historical truth from the details,and explores how the combination of the productive forces and the relations of production can promote the development of the rural economy,so as to make a more profound analysis of the problems in the development of the agricultural cooperative movement.This paper is divided into six parts and four chapters,as follows:The introduction part describes the origin of the research,reviews the previous research status,clarifies the research content and methods,and introduces the application of the basic data.Chapter one and chapter two sorted out the way forward of the agricultural cooperative movement in xing county.The agricultural cooperative movement of Xing county in the early days of the founding of the PRC was in line with the cooperative movement of farmers in the Jin-Sui base area.The development of the agricultural mutual assistance and cooperation movement in xing county was a process from "quantitative change" to "qualitative change".From the socialist budding mutual assistance group,it developed into a semi-socialist primary agricultural cooperative,and finally into a socialist advanced agricultural cooperative.Chapter three describes the evolution of the production responsibility system in the period of agricultural cooperation in xing county.With the complexity and upgrading of the organizational form of cooperative organizations,the production mode has also changed.The stage of mutual assistance group changed from temporary labor to unified labor arrangement;the junior society changed from temporary labor contract to perennial labor contract;the senior society changed from "three fixed" labor contract to labor quota management,so the farmland labor production has become more planned.Chapter four discusses the reform of income distribution system in the period of agricultural cooperation in xing county.The distribution of the harvestis also the main motivation for them to participate incooperative organizations.Therefore,in the work score system,a reasonable way of evaluation and score is very important,it is the key to fair exchange of value.Finally,the conclusion is drawn that the agricultural cooperative movement in xing county is always promoted under the unified arrangement and deployment of the CPC,but it also has its own development characteristics and logic.First of all,the mutual assistance and cooperation movement in xing county is pioneering.Primary agricultural cooperatives,as an important step from individual economy to collective economy,have been explored and practiced earlier in xingxian county.Secondly,the agricultural mutual assistance and cooperation movement in xing county is practical,and its sustainable development is determined by the constantly improved institutional arrangements and effective policy implementation.Furthermore,the original intention of the agricultural mutual assistance and cooperation movement in xing county is to solve the difficulties in the farmers’ production,which is the survival need,and the final realization of the transition from the economy of individual ownership to the economy of collective ownership is the living need,no matter what motivation the farmers join the cooperative organization.It is a win-win situation that the farmers complement each other,and the unity of collective interests and individual needs is even more win-win.The two jointly construct themutually beneficial and win-win relationship in the agricultural mutual assistance and cooperation in xing county.