The economic program that Mao Zedong was referring to here was B. The Great Leap Forward
This refers to the period in Chinese history that brought about a five-year plan that was meant to meet the country's agricultural needs.
Hence, we can see that based on the given quote by Mao Zedong about the five-year plan that would bring suffering at first but would transform the country, he was referring to The Great Leap Forward
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