Although North Korea has implemented an open system since 20 12 to encourage individuals to do business, people's enthusiasm is not high. One of the most intuitive feelings is that after work, you don't see many vendors on the street, but people who get together in twos and threes to chat. People's life is very leisurely, and they feel that such a life state is very harmonious and satisfying.
Although they are short of materials, most people believe that these conditions will definitely improve in the future. Just like they don't have to spend a penny on buying a house, sending their children to school and seeing a doctor. Everything is arranged by the state. Although life is a bit bitter, they are full of spirit.
North Korea implements a planned economy.
Before 1945, North Korea was a typical agricultural producer with agriculture as its main industry. 1945 After 15 broke away from Japanese colonial rule on August 5th, economic development gradually turned to industrial production. 1946 in March, the land reform law was promulgated, and the industry was nationalized in August. From 1947 to 1948, two one-year plans for the national economy were implemented.
In 1950s, North Korea's industry developed rapidly, and its total industrial output value increased from 1953 to 1960, an increase of 39%, ranking first in the world. At the same time, North Korea is also the second largest industrial country in East Asia after Japan. The Korean War broke out from 1950 to 1953, which seriously damaged the Korean economy. From 1954 to 1956, North Korea experienced the post-war economic recovery period.
1 5-year plan was implemented in 195715, and socialist transformation of private ownership of means of production was completed in 1958/kloc-0. 196 1 Reform the management system, and establish the Daan work system, the new agricultural leadership system and the unified planning system. 1 seven-year plan begins with 1967, 1 six-year transition plan (197 1 ~ 1976), and the second and third seven-year plans begin with 1978 respectively.
After the Korean War, in 1950s and 1960s, North Korea was politically stable, diplomatically allied with the Soviet Union, China and other countries, and its economy developed rapidly. However, after 1970s, people's living standard gradually fell behind that of South Korea. Because North Korea's economy is a part of the Eastern Group with the Soviet Union as the center and its structure is single, the Eastern Group is in an increasingly difficult situation after the failure of the Cold War in the 1980s. In the 1990s, after years of natural disasters, North Korea's economy fell into recession and entered the "March of Suffering".
During this period, while gradually establishing and enriching the industrial production base, North Korea paid attention to developing the socialist national economy, actively promoted the construction of power plants (stations), the renovation and expansion of enterprises, and promoted the construction of important projects such as the Shaliyuan potash joint venture.
In order to solve the housing problem in a short time, Pyongyang made great efforts to build Unity Street. From 65438 to 0990, 30,000 sets of modern houses were built in one year. A 2000-kilometer-long canal was built to connect Datong River and Licheng River, Yalu River and Daning River into a large-scale irrigation network, which solved the problem of farmland irrigation in the western grain-producing areas.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia North Korea.