Following the criticism of "opposition to rash advancement" there appeared an interaction among the so-called theory of "
positive balance," a political climate of boasting and exaggeration in production and construction and arbitrary administrative operation. In the view of MAO Ze-dong, the Chinese economic development must be sped up and the insufficiency in capital and materials could be made up through mobilization of the masses or the so-called "
positive balance. " The mobilization of masses could ideologically be traced back to the "great production movement" in Yan'an and its economic implications were to make full use of the rich labor resources in China. So "taking the Soviet Union as a mirror" and "taking our own road" meant attempts both to quicken the development of heavy industries through full use of labor resources and to quicken the development of agriculture and light industries with less capital investment. Meanwhile, in the development of industries a whole set of policies was introduced, known as "walking on two legs." Against this background, the interplay between the conviction in the sure triumphal of man over nature and the atmosphere of inflated exaggeration finally led to the strategy of the " great leap forward. "