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Before Deng Xiaoping's reforms, China's economy suffered due to centrally planned policies, such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, resulting in stagnation, inefficiency, and poverty. [18] Prior to the reforms, the Chinese economy was dominated by state ownership and central planning.
The thinking was that in order to be a consumer society, China would need to be a producing society. In December 1978 at the 3rd plenary session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Deng Xiaoping announced the official launch of the Four Modernizations, formally marking the beginning of the reform. [citation needed]
Deng Xiaoping Theory (Chinese: 邓小平理论; pinyin: Dèng Xiǎopíng Lǐlùn), also known as Dengism, [1] [2] is the series of political and economic ideologies first developed by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.
Thursday marks the 120th birthday of Deng, who unleashed historic reforms in 1978 to allow more private enterprise and opened the economy to foreign investment, paving the way for decades of ...
Deng is remembered primarily for the economic reforms he initiated while paramount leader of the People's Republic of China, which pivoted China towards a market economy, led to high economic growth, increased standards of living of hundreds of millions, [157] expanded personal and cultural freedoms, and substantially integrated the country ...
Deng Xiaoping in Beijing (1963). In 1962, Deng Xiaoping, then Vice Premier of China, quoted a Chinese proverb "it doesn't matter if a cat is black or yellow, as long as it catches mice" as an endorsement for the economic reform policy "sanzi yibao (三自一包, "Three selfs, one contract", household plots, rural free markets, self-financing and fixed output quota)".
China's economic miracle started in 1978 when Deng Xiaoping launched historic reforms, allowing more private enterprises and opening the economy to foreign investment. Li was not the only pro ...
This precipitated a political debate, which grew more heated through the winter of 1988–1989. With demands for political reforms growing, Deng Xiaoping merely reiterated that the Communist Party was necessary to provide stable leadership and economic development and that "China is not ready for democracy.