Xiaoping

"It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, as long as it catches the mouse," said Deng Xiaoping.

Deng Xiaoping came into power after Mao Zedong.

The idea of common prosperity is nothing new to the average Chinese citizen. The late Deng Xiaoping, the father of “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” announced economic reforms in 1978 with the ultimate goal of achieving common prosperity. The reforms he instituted while he was China’s supreme leader jumpstarted 40 years of rapid economic growth in China.