Preliminary Explanation Before Reading the Plan, we see Democratic Kampuchea's visionary commitment to achieving a fully self-reliant socialist economy, independent of imperialist interference and revisionist dependency. The Party’s Four-Year Plan (1977–1980) aimed to transform Kampuchea from a backward agricultural society into a modernized, collective system, with 500,000 hectares targeted for double cropping by 1980, producing over seven tons per hectare on the best lands. Beyond technical data, the plan reflects an unwavering belief that speed and collective unity would secure Kampuchea’s sovereignty against hostile neighbors to the east and west. Rejecting the exploitative models of Lon Nol and even the heavy industry-first approaches of Soviet revisionism, Kampuchea’s leadership called for a uniquely indigenous path, rooted in political willpower, mass mobilization, and the rapid improvement of peasant livelihoods through socialist production