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EDITORIAL NOTE

This volume contains 47 important talks and speeches given by Comrade
Deng Xiaoping from January 1975 through September 1982, most of which
are published for the first time.
The speeches in 1975 bear witness to Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s deter-
mined effort to put an end to the turmoil of the “cultural revolution” that
began in 1966 and to bring order into all spheres of work. They reflect the
head-on struggle he waged against the Gang of Four in order to achieve
stability and unity and to promote China’s economic development.
The speeches in 1977 and after demonstrate Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s
outstanding contributions as a policy maker. He rallied the Chinese Com-
munist Party and guided it in correcting past errors and bringing about a
historic change. He helped the Party to chart a correct course and work out
principles and policies for socialist modernization in accordance with the
basic concepts of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought and in light
of China’s specific conditions.
These speeches are not only important as historical documents. They
serve, and will continue to serve, as basic guidelines for China’s socialist
construction.
For this book, Comrade Deng Xiaoping made some minor changes in
the text for the purpose of clarification.

Editorial Committee for Party
Literature, Central Committee of
the Communist Party of China
March 4, 1983