Editing Four Modernizations (section)

{{Short description|Deng Xiaoping's campaigns to modernize China}}
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{{History of the People's Republic of China}}
{{missing information|Xi Jinping's fifth addition (governing system and ability modernization)|date=October 2021}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}{{Infobox Chinese|s={{linktext|四|个|现代化}}|t={{linktext|四|個|現代化}}|p=sì gè xiàndàihuà|j=sei3 go3 jin6 doi6 faa3}}
The '''Four Modernizations''' ([[Simplified Chinese characters|simplified Chinese]]: 四个现代化; [[Traditional Chinese characters|traditional Chinese]]: 四個現代化) were goals formally announced by [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|China's first Premier]] [[Zhou Enlai]] to strengthen the fields of [[agriculture]], [[Industrial sector|industry]], [[Military|defense]], and [[science and technology]] in China.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ogden |first=Chris |date=2019-03-21 |chapter='Four Modernizations' |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191848124.001.0001/acref-9780191848124-e-67;jsessionid=0F70597DB222E0F123931DCC5BA83D52 |access-date=2023-06-13 |title=A Dictionary of Politics and International Relations in China |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |isbn=978-0-19-184812-4 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822045533/https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191848124.001.0001/acref-9780191848124-e-67;jsessionid=0F70597DB222E0F123931DCC5BA83D52 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ScienceTechnology" /><ref name="Ebrey">{{cite web | url=http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/graph/9confour.htm | title=Four Modernizations Era | publisher=University of Washington | work=A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization | access-date=October 20, 2012 | author=Ebrey, Patricia Buckley | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221511/http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/graph/9confour.htm | archive-date=October 7, 2010<!-- 22:15:11 -->| url-status=live}}</ref> The Four Modernizations were adopted as a means of rejuvenating [[economy of China|China's economy]] in 1977, following [[death and state funeral of Mao Zedong|the death]] of [[Mao Zedong]], and later were among the defining features of [[Deng Xiaoping]]'s tenure as the [[paramount leader]] of China. At the beginning of "[[Reform and opening up|Reform and Opening-up]]", Deng further proposed the idea of "''xiaokang''" or "[[Moderately prosperous society]]" in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=从"小康"到"全面小康"——邓小平小康社会理论形成和发展述论--邓小平纪念网--人民网 |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/n/2014/0714/c69113-25279758.html |access-date=2020-05-26 |website=[[People's Daily]] |archive-date=March 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330045804/http://cpc.people.com.cn/n/2014/0714/c69113-25279758.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet "moderately prosperous" China|url=https://worldin.economist.com/article/17353/edition2020meet-moderately-prosperous-china|website=worldin.economist.com|date=November 21, 2019|language=en|access-date=2020-05-26|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604040502/https://worldin.economist.com/article/17353/edition2020meet-moderately-prosperous-china|url-status=live}}</ref>