'Contracting all functions to the household' was the system that we
call the household responsibility system today. Arable land was divided
and contracted to individual households in the team giving them
responsibility for meeting obligatory procurement quotas. The household
then made production decisions depending on production plans (in
the early years). The household retained all output after taking away
agricultural taxes and collective levies and fulfilling procurement quotas.
The working-point system was thus abolished, while the public ownership
of land was maintained.