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Answer - B - The Great Leap Forward in China was primarily designed to achieve rapid industrialization of the Chinese economy.

Key Takeaway: The Great Leap Forward of the People’s Republic of China was an economic and social plan. The plan aimed to use China’s vast population to rapidly transform the country from a primarily agrarian economy by peasant farmers into a modern communist society through modernizing agriculture and industrialization. Unfortunately, the plan ended in catastrophe, triggering widespread famine that resulted in millions of deaths.