Deng Xiaoping Gave Double Boost to Reform Efforts, Economist Says

(Beijing) – Many activities were held on August 22 to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of reform and opening up.

Caixin recently interviewed economist Wu Jinglian, a researcher at the State Council's Development Research Center, to discuss Deng, the reforms he started and the direction of future change.

Wu credits Deng with giving reform a boost twice, once in the 1980s and again in the 1990s, and for being a savvy politician who was able to negotiate the shoals of opposition to reforms.