Subsequent discussions on the Second Five-Year Plan primarily focused on the light industry sector. During the First Five-Year Plan, East African light industry only grew by thirty percent, while heavy industry grew by eighty-three percent compared to before the First Five-Year Plan. East African agriculture increased by twenty-six percent compared to before the First Five-Year Plan, with light industry almost equal to agriculture.
In the field of light industry, East Africa was already a weak point in its industrial sector. After the First Five-Year Plan, the gap further widened, so the strong support for the development of light industry is an inevitable trend for the East African Government during the Second Five-Year Plan.
