In reaction against what he considered Soviet perfidy and the costs it imposed on China, Mao insisted that in the future China follow a strategy of national self-reliance.
In its subsequent foreign-policy dealings, the PRC under Mao went to significant trouble to minimize its dependence on any single foreign country . The PRC for example, obtained supplies of a given commodity from multiple source whenever possible, even when this raised prices and greatly complicated internal logistics.
in the domestic ecenomy, Mao also viewed self-reliance as a virtue outside the core economic sectors,