Deng expressed the essence of the cat theory in saying: "Methods for raising production may serve socialism, or they may serve capitalism. Whoever uses them well, that is who they serve."
「貓論」的精義就在他所說的那句話：「增加生產力的手段可以為資本主義服務，也可以為社會主義服務，誰用的好，就為誰服務。」