🗳️ap comparative government review

Household responsibility system

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An agricultural reform policy in China that replaced collective farming with individual household farming contracts, allowing farmers to retain profits after meeting state quotas.

AP course connection

Topic 5.4: 5.4 Policies and Economic Liberalization

Unit 5

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