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Timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple, 1056, Song dynasty; at Yingxian, Shanxi province, China.
Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the agricultural and handicraft cooperatives in Shanxi played a vital role in the province's recovery. These cooperatives had been originally established at communist mountain bases during the Sino-Japanese War, where they served as a foundation for economic and social stability. When communist forces assumed control of the province in 1949, these existing structures were instrumental in facilitating the region's transition and subsequent recovery efforts.1