When Was the Four Modernizations?

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In December 1978 at the 3Rd Plenum of the 11Th Central Committee, Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping as the Party's Secretary-General Under Mao and Vice Premier in...

When Was the Four Modernizations?

In December 1978 at the 3rd Plenum of the 11th Central Committee, Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping
As the party's Secretary-General under Mao and Vice Premier in the 1950s, Deng presided over the Anti-Rightist Campaign launched by Mao and became instrumental in China's economic reconstruction following the disastrous Great Leap Forward (1958–1960).
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announced the official launch of the Four Modernizations, formally marking the beginning of the reform.

What did the Four Modernizations call for?

The goal of the "Four Modernizations" was to strengthen the sectors of agriculture, industry, technology and defense.

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