Production Plan: A Political Analysis of Constituent Elements

The term “production plan” has been used throughout various historical periods. However, as a representative term endowed with special political significance during the era of large collectives, it reflects the unique planned production mode under the planned economic system. Compared to the simple production tasks and production schedule arrangements that occur in daily life, it has a deeper connotation and a broader perspective. This article starts with the explanation of keywords, and through the interpretation of the organizational elements, behavioral elements, operational elements, and execution effects of the production plan, it broadly showcases the social reasons for collective production under the planned economic system, the specific content and process operation of the production plan, the execution effects of the production plan, and the changes in the production plan. From a political science perspective, it dissects the information of the changes in its constituent elements over time, showing the control influence of state power on rural society and the embedded influence of politics on farmers’ production.