邓小平在中国现代化进程中的作用是非常独特的。他一生追求的目标，如果用一句话来概括，就是中国的现代化。他既是建设有中国特色社会主义理论的创立者，又是中国式社会主义现代化事业的开拓者。他关于中国现代化的思考与实践，既根本不同于原有的苏联模式，又是在毛泽东探索 Deng Xiaoping’s role in the process of China’s modernization is very unique. The goal pursued in his life, summed up in one sentence, is China’s modernization. He is both the founder of the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics and the pioneer of the Chinese-style socialist modernization. His thinking and practice of China’s modernization are fundamentally different from those of the original Soviet model and were explored by Mao Zedong