Nation makes new progress on path set by Deng

On a hilltop at Lianhuashan Park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, stands the bronze statue of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China's reform and opening-up policy. Deng's reform and opening-up policy was officially embraced at the third plenary session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in December 1978. Li Junru, former vice-president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, said that Deng led the Party and the people in advancing reform and opening-up, aiming to achieve socialist modernization. Observers said that by connecting the two third plenary sessions held nearly half a century apart, the article, written by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, sends a signal that China's reform and opening-up should be seen as a continuation, encouraging the public to look forward to the next stage of reform and opening-up and further bolstering external confidence in the country's reform efforts. The blueprint for socialist modernization outlined by Comrade Deng Xiaoping is gradually turning into a reality," Li, former vice-president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, wrote in his article in Dang Jian.