Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward can be viewed as D a communist government exerting control over the national economy.
It was an attempt by the Communist Leader in China, Mao Zedong to make China an industrial power.
It involved amongst other things, a mass collectivization of agriculture which meant that the government would control the national economy to make industrialization a reality.
In conclusion, option D is correct.
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