Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997): A veteran CCP leader and economic pragmatist. Deng introduced sweeping market reforms after Mao Zedong's death. Twice purged as a 'revisionist,' Deng supplanted Hua Guofeng as China's top leader in December 1978. Best known for his 1962 slogan: 'It doesn't matter if the cat is white or black, so long as it catches mice." [Fall and Rise of China Guidebook, p. 203] "household responsibility system: The system of contracting farmland to individuals families for cultivation that was introduced by Den Xiaoping in 1978-1979." [Fall and Rise of China Guidebook, p. 189] "Third Plenum (December 1978): This historic Central Committee meeting is celebrated as the birthplace of Chinese 'reform and opening up' under Deng Xiaoping." [Fall and Rise of China Guidebook, p. 198]