Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sauye-sauyen da Deng da abokan kawancensa suka aiwatar sannu a hankali ya jagoranci kasar Sin daga tattalin arzikin da aka tsara da kuma akidun Maoist, ya bude shi ga zuba jari da fasaha na kasashen waje, kuma ya gabatar da dimbin ma'aikatanta ga kasuwar duniya, ta haka ne ya mayar da kasar Sin daya daga cikin kasashe masu bunkasa tattalin arziki a duniya. Daga karshe an bayyana shi a matsayin "mai tsara" sabon nau'in tunani wanda ya haɗu da akidar gurguzu tare da 'yanci, wanda ake kira "zamantakewa tare da halayen kasar Sin" (wanda yanzu aka sani da Deng Xiaoping Theory). Duk da cewa bai taba rike mukamin shugaban kasa ko shugaban gwamnati na PRC ba, ko kuma a matsayin shugaban CCP, ana kallon Deng a matsayin "jigon" na jagorancin ƙarni na biyu na CCP, matsayin da aka tsara a cikin kundin tsarin mulkin jam'iyyar. An zabi Deng a matsayin "Lokaci" Mutum na Shekara don 1978 da 1985. Koyaya, an soki shi saboda ba da umarnin murkushe sojoji a kan zanga-zangar 1989 na Tiananmen Square, da kuma rashin gyara kurakuran juyin juya halin al'adu, duk da haka an yaba masa saboda sake tabbatar da shirin gyare-gyare a rangadin Kudancinsa na 1992 da kuma dawo da Hong Kong zuwa ikon China a 1997 da kuma dawo da Macau.
a shekarar 1999.