Among the greatest failures of the process of collectivization in China was Group of answer choices trying to convert desert and undesireable land into arable plots. reinforcing the traditional family unit as a newly-conceived economic unit instead. the starvation of up to 35 million people. brutal suppression of the private market as sabotage of the revolution. the ability to transition to a free market economy

Collectivization was first introduced in the USSR by Joseph Stalin between 1929-1933 and his purpose for starting this process was to limit the powers of the Kulaks, who were the rich peasants. The program was also aimed at improving agriculture. China adopted this same policy under the rule of Mao Zedong between 1949-1976. Also known as The Great Leap Forward era, this process sought to make China a socialist economy and also increase productivity in agriculture.

The resultant effect of this process was mass starvation of about 35 million people in 1959. Although the government referred to floods and droughts as the cause of this starvation, it was actually the result of collectivization. When Diang Xiaping came into power in 1978, he instituted reforms in the collectivization process that proved successful.