The first five-year plan was considered a success in what way? a. agricultural output rose as china’s economy transformed into a communist system. b. agricultural output rose as china’s economy transformed into a capitalist system. c. industrial output rose as china’s economy transformed into a capitalist system. d. industrial output rose as china’s economy transformed into a communist system.

The first Five-Year Plan was considered a success in the way that Industrial output rose as China's economy transformed into a communist system. Option D is correct.

The first five-year plan of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a list of economic goals, created by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, based on his policy of Socialism in One Country. The plan was implemented in 1928 and took effect until 1932.

When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took control of China in 1949, the national economy was underdeveloped and lacking in heavy industry, mining, steel production, manufacturing and infrastructure. The CCP decided to focus on the economic development. Drawing on his experiences during a 1949 trip to Moscow, Mao embraced the Soviet ‘five year plan’ model for economic development.

D. Industrial output rose as China’s economy transformed into a communist system.