Supporters credit him with driving imperialism out of China, modernising the nation and building it into a world power, promoting the status of women, improving education and health care, as well as increasing life expectancy as China's population grew from around 550 million to over 900 million under his leadership.
Hans støtter kreditterer ham for at få imperialismen ud af Kina, at have moderniseret nationen og opbygge den til en supermagt, fremme kvinders status i samfunder, forbedre uddannelse og sundhedsvæsen, samt at øge den forventede levealder i takt med at Kinas befolkning voksede fra omkring 550 millioner til over 900 millioner under hans lederskab.