Indeed, it was at the Third Plenum of the CCP’s 11th Central Committee that Deng Xiaoping launched the reforms that opened up the Chinese economy and triggered more than three decades of rapid economic growth. The Third Plenums of the CCP’s 14th and 16th Central Committees – held in 1993 and 2003, respectively – also stand out.
三中全会——可能也只有三中全会——能够带来彻底的改变。事实上，邓小平正是在中共十一届三中全会上拉开了改革开放的序幕，开启了三十年的快速经济增长时期。中共十四届和十六届三中全会（分别于1993年和2003年召开）也相当突出。在这两次会议上，中共领导人推出了建立和完善“社会主义市场经济”的全面计划。