Yuan Bangwa (b. 1933) is a resident of Jiangwan Village, Shaanxi Province. In this interview, Yuan says that when the whole nation was devoted to iron-smelting and steel production, villagers burned logs to produce charcoal, they almost cut off all the trees in the village. A big raw iron sheet were carried by two men to send to the county. The grain production was very limited because they couldn't afford much fertilizer. All the young men were sent to build the reservoir, only women and elders were left and they didn't have much engery to work in the field because of hunger.