90 1978-1990 ● Reform in the countryside:Beginning with the poor mountain areas of Anhui and then spreading across the ● ● country.Farmers were able to keep the land's output after paying a share to the state.This move increased . . agricultural production,increased the living standards of hundreds of millions of farmers and stimulated rural ● industry. Reforms were also implemented in urban industry to ● increase productivity.A dual price system was introduced. Private businesses were allowed to operate and they began to make up a greater percentage of industrial output ● 中国概论 一 ●●●●●垂●●●意●●●●●●●●  Reform in the countryside: Beginning with the poor mountain areas of Anhui and then spreading across the country. Farmers were able to keep the land's output after paying a share to the state. This move increased agricultural production, increased the living standards of hundreds of millions of farmers and stimulated rural industry.  Reforms were also implemented in urban industry to increase productivity. A dual price system was introduced. Private businesses were allowed to operate and they began to make up a greater percentage of industrial output. 1978-1990