After the great leap forward, china introduced a new reform that

Allowed wage competition for laborers.

Explanation:

The Great Leap Forward was a failure and generated widespread hunger in China and questioned the authority of leader Mao Zedong.

For this reason, a cultural revolt began, which significantly marked the direction of the Chinese revolution. The communist party was divided, there was strong opposition, but even so Mao Tse-tung remained in power.

Mao Tse-tung died in 1976 and the moderates returned to power. His successor was Deng Xiao-Ping who adopted an economic and development policy and allowed the entry of technology and foreign capital, in addition to allowing wage competition for workers, as a way to let China's domestic production high.