A production brigade () was formerly the basic

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and

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production unit in the

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system of the

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. In late 1960, the unit of accounting through which labor and income were allocated was devolved from the people's commune to the production brigade. In many cases, these brigades corresponded to the high level agricultural producers' cooperatives that had preceded the people's communes. In 1962, the unit of account was further devolved to the production team, which remained the unit of account until agricultural was totally decollectivized between 1979 and 1982.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Production Brigade Cold War history of China Society of the People's Republic of China Economic history of the People's Republic of China

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