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| 1949–1977 || Period of central planning || First years of the {{w|People's Republic of China}}. The {{w|Communist Party of China}} applies the economic and social campaign called {{w|Great Leap Forward}}, launched to transform the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through the formation of People's communes. A direct result of this campaign is the {{w|Great Chinese Famine}}, the worst famine in recorded history. A remarkable rebound and improvement is experienced since the {{w|Cultural Revolution}}<ref name="China in the period"/>, launched by {{w|Mao Zedong}} from 1966 until 1976 with the purpose to recover from the failures of the Great Leap Forward. In terms of calorie intake, food consumption in Chinese increases steadily since the early 1970s.<ref name="Tubilewicz"/>
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| 1978–1984 || {{w|Socialist market economy}} || {{w|Deng Xiaoping}} institutes significant economic reforms and China transitions to a {{w|socialist market economy}}. Agriculture is decollectivized. Since the 1980s, the nutrition transition in China rapidly occurs as the political and economic climates evolve. The buying power per children increases significantly as the result of the {{w|one-child policy}}, whereby the only child is constantly lavished with care by his or her parents and grandparents.<ref name="Nutrition Transition">{{cite web |title=Nutrition Transition in Chinese Communities |url=https://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/110310p60.shtml |website=todaysdietitian.com |accessdate=11 September 2019}}</ref> Vegetable consumption declines substantially during the 1980s.<ref name="Food and Agriculture"/> Since 1980s, China gradually opens its agricultural market.<ref name="sdr"/>
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| 1990s || || Over the course of the decade, there is a remarkable fall in the national prevalence of child undernutrition in the country.<ref name="Bredenkamp">{{cite book |last1=Bredenkamp |first1=Caryn |title=Health Reform, Population Policy and Child Nutritional Status in China |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=mEwvbyT4Pz4C&pg=PA2&dq=nutrition+china+%221990s%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3opjgl7TmAhVmLLkGHVC8DAAQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=nutrition%20china%20%221990s%22&f=false}}</ref>
