On DENG Xiao-ping's Views on the Socialist Pattern of Soviet Union

Once the socialist pattern of Soviet Union played an active role in the history, but at the same time, there appeared a series of shortcomings and abuses. In the new era of our reform and socialist modernization, DENG Xiao-ping places a particular emphasis on taking warning from Soviet Union. He gives a profound summary on the historic lesson of it's socialist pattern. In view of it's lack of life, DENG advances the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics, thus completely new viewpoints about socialism form; in view of the highly centralized planned economy of Soviet Union, he suggests the building of socialist market economy; in view of the highly centralized political system, DENG advocates that we should reform and perfect our socialist political system in order to establish socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics; in view of it's revolutionary line and policy of hegemonism and sauvinism, DENG advances his views of building new pattern relationship among countries and parties on the basis of new principles.