Untill the 1980s, more than 80 per cent of the people in China were dependent on farming as their sole source of livelihood. Since then, the government encouraged people to leave their fields and pursue other activities such as handicrafts, commerce and transport. According to you what was the reason for same?

Shifting people from agriculture sector to industrial and service sector

China is one such country which has followed the classical development pattern of gradual shift from agriculture to manufacturing and then to service sector.