The ‘chief architect’ of China's reform and opening up

Deng Xiaoping is regarded as the “father” or the “chief architect” of the reforms that opened up China to the rest of the world. It was 40 years ago that his ambitious economic reform and open-door policy was adopted at the Third Plenum of the Communist Party’s 11th Central Committee. Since 1978, the country has embarked on a remarkable journey of economic growth and transformation.