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four modernizations is deng Xiaoping or mao Zedong

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The Four Modernizations are most closely associated with Deng Xiaoping. He made them the centerpiece of China's post-1978 Reform and Opening Up, formally adopted at the 1978 Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee.

Brief background:
- The Four Modernizations: agriculture, industry, national defense, and science & technology.
- The idea was earlier proposed by Zhou Enlai in the 1960s, but Mao Zedong did not implement them as a sustained policy; the Cultural Revolution largely stalled modernization efforts. Deng revived and implemented the program.