Southern Tour of 1992

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The Southern Tour of 1992 was Deng Xiaoping’s influential inspection trip across southern China that decisively reaffirmed and accelerated the country’s market-oriented economic reforms after a period of political uncertainty.

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instanceOf historical event
inspection tour
political event
aim accelerate market-oriented reforms
counter conservative opposition within the Chinese Communist Party
reaffirm economic reform and opening-up
alsoKnownAs Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour
nanxun
associatedConcept reform and opening-up
socialist market economy
special economic zones
associatedPerson Deng Xiaoping
associatedSlogan development is the hard truth
it does not matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice
some regions and some people can get rich first
context debate over pace of economic reform
post-Tiananmen political uncertainty
country China
economicSignificance helped launch a period of rapid economic growth in the 1990s
endDate 1992-02
historicalPeriod post-Mao reform era
ideologicalImpact marginalized conservative economic views in the CCP
influenced 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
China’s 1990s economic policy direction
adoption of the socialist market economy concept
languageOfPublicStatements Chinese
ledBy Deng Xiaoping
locationCountry People’s Republic of China
linked to: China
participant Deng Pufang
Deng Xiaoping
Jiang Zemin
Li Peng
Zhu Rongji
politicalSignificance decisively reaffirmed China’s reform path after 1989
result acceleration of market-oriented economic reforms
expansion of coastal development strategy
reinvigoration of reform and opening-up policy
rise of Shanghai Pudong development
strengthening of special economic zones
startDate 1992-01
visitedCity Guangzhou
Shanghai
Shenzhen
linked to: Shenzhen, China

Zhuhai
visitedRegion Guangdong Province
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
linked to: Guangxi Province

Jiangsu Province
linked to: Jiangsu

Shanghai Municipality
linked to: Shanghai
year 1992

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Deng Xiaoping notableEvent Southern Tour of 1992