Heavy industry and infrastructures

were the focus of the first 30 years, which required tons of investment but have been the foundation of the second 30 years that were more concentrated on light industry producing much goods for daily life of people. There is why many Chinese feel life much improved in the last 30 years since so-called reform and opening-up of Deng's era, and forget the foundation built up in the first 30 years of Mao's regime.