on the signifiance of reform and the opening-up policyon the signific.docVIP

On the Significance of Reform and the Opening-up Policy Reform and the Opening-up Policy, initiated by Deng Xiaoping at the end of 1978, is a policy containing several aspects of reforms as well as measures to open up to other countries in the world. It was first put forward on the Third Plenary Session of the CPC 11th Central Committe in 1978 (Olivia), aimed primarily at the revival of the national economy. China had just got out from the shadow of the Cultural Revolution then, and everything needed reparing. Meanwhile, after some economic constructions from 1949 to 1977, China had stepped in