One song reads, "In 1979, it was a spring, and an old man drew a circle around the South China Sea. 41 years passed in a flash, and when Deng Xiaoping made a tour of the south, Deng Xiaoping, after listening to the report of the main leaders of Guangdong Province, said: You can set aside a place called the special zone. In the past, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia were special zones! The central authorities have no money, so they can give some policies, and you can do it yourself and kill a bloody road.
At this point, the four special zones of Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen came into being, and China opened its heart to the world. However, Comrade Xiaoping not only drew the circle of the special economic zone, but also drew an important circle -- the "Southern Theater" --
On February 17, 1979, the Sino-Vietnamese self-defense counterattack began, and Deng Xiaoping personally commanded the counterattack. Comrade Xiaoping dispatched troops and dispatched generals, and diplomatically personally mediated to communicate with various neighboring countries. The counterattack against Vietnam was of great significance and ended in a total victory for the Chinese army. Chinese people's liberation army in the South China theater with a new look to the world military stage, showing that the Chinese people's liberation army is invincible.
Since then, this important "southern theater" circle has become more and more rounded, and in the 1990s, Deng Xiaoping founded the Hong Kong Garrison in the Special Economic Zone to restore the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong; to deal with the modernization war and disarm millions; to accept the invitation of the United Nations, to form and dispatch peacekeeping forces to the world...
Deng Xiaoping was the chief architect of China's reform and opening up, and at the same time, the chief architect of China's modern military development. Not only did it create the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, but it also created the idea of army building with Chinese characteristics in the new period.
These two circles drawn by Deng Xiaoping opened up two magnificent historical dramas of China's contemporary economic development and contemporary military struggle.