鄧小平理論

中共十一屆三中全會（1978年12月18日至22日在北京舉行）以來，以鄧小平為主要代表的中國共産黨人，總結中華人民共和國建立以來正反兩方面的經驗教訓，解放思想，實事求是，實現全黨工作中心向經濟建設的轉移，實行改革開放，開闢了社會主義事業發展的新時期，逐步形成了建設中國特色社會主義的路線、方針、政策，闡明瞭在中國建設社會主義、鞏固和發展社會主義的基本問題。1997年召開的中共十五大，將鄧小平關於建設有中國特色社會主義的理論定名為鄧小平理論，同馬克思列寧主義、毛澤東思想並列為黨的指導思想。

Deng Xiaoping Theory

After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the CPC (held in Beijing, December 18-22, 1978), Chinese Communists, with Deng Xiaoping as their chief representative, reviewed their positive and negative experiences in building socialism since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, opened up their minds, sought truth from facts, shifted the focus of the whole Party's work onto economic development and adopted the policy of reform and opening up, thereby ushering in a new era in socialist development. Over time, they established the line, principles and policies for building socialism with Chinese characteristics, which clarified basic issues concerning the building, consolidation and development of socialism in China.

At the 15th National Congress of the CPC held in 1997, the theory initiated by Deng Xiaoping on building socialism with Chinese characteristics was named Deng Xiaoping Theory, and designated, together with Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, as the guiding thought of the CPC.