Rural Reconstruction Movement (1920s–1937)

1. Mass Education Movement organized for popular literacy

   Aug 1, 1923Labels: Y C, Mass Education

   • MEM Assn
   • Tao Xingzhi

2. Ding Xian rural reconstruction experiment begins

   Jan 1, 1926Labels: Ding Xian, Y C

   • Ding Xian
   • James Yen

3. Rockefeller donation strengthens mass education financing

   Jan 1, 1928Labels: John D, Mass Education

   • IIRR History

4. Ding Xian shifts toward integrated village development

   Jun 1, 1928Labels: Ding Xian, Integrated Development

   • Ding Xian

5. Nationalist government unifies China under Nanjing

   Jun 1, 1928Labels: Nationalist Government, Nanjing Decade

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

6. Liang Shuming begins Zouping reconstruction in Shandong

   Jan 1, 1931Labels: Liang Shuming, Zouping

   • Oxford Chapter
   • X Boorman

7. Government offers limited support after 1931 crisis

   Sep 1, 1931Labels: Nanjing Government, 1931 Crisis

   • RRM Overview

8. Guomindang promotes provincial rural reconstruction institutions

   Jan 1, 1932Labels: Guomindang, Provincial Institutes

   • Liang Shuming
   • Oxford Chapter

9. Rural Work Discussion Association is established

   Dec 1, 1932Labels: Rural Work

   • Rural Modern

10. First national meeting held in Zouping

    Jul 1, 1933Labels: Zouping, First National

    • Rural Modern
    • Oxford Chapter

11. Rural reconstruction becomes a nationwide “rural crisis” response

    Jan 1, 1934Labels: Rural Reconstruction

    • China Quarterly

12. Japanese invasion disrupts North China rural projects

    Jul 7, 1937Labels: Japanese Invasion, North China

    • Ding Xian
    • Britannica

13. Ding Xian experiment ends as war spreads

    Dec 1, 1937Labels: Ding Xian, War End

    • Ding Xian
    • MEM Assn

14. Zouping reconstruction work winds down under wartime conditions

    Dec 1, 1937Labels: Zouping, Wartime Wind-down

    • Oxford Chapter
    • X Boorman