1992年初,我国改革开放和现代化建设处于一个历史发展的关键时刻。1月18日至2月21日,邓小平视察武昌、深圳、珠海、上海等地,沿途发表了重要讲话。这些讲话后被收入《邓小平文选》第三卷,通常人们把这些讲话称作“南方谈话”。邓小平的南方谈话精辟地分析了国际国内的形势,科学地总结了十一届三中全会以来党的基本情况,明确地回答了一个时期以来经常困扰着人们思想的许多重大认识问题,为中共十四大的召开做了重要的准备,成为把改革开放和现代化建设推向新阶段的又一个解放思想、实事求是的宣言书。本刊特开设专栏,以纪念“南方谈话”发表20周年。 In early 1992, China’s reform, opening up and modernization are at a crucial moment of historical development. From January 18 to February 21, Deng Xiaoping inspected Wuchang, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shanghai, and made important speeches along the route. These speeches were later repossessed the third volume of “Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping,” which people usually refer to as “Southern Talks.” Deng Xiaoping’s southern talks brilliantly analyzed the situation both at home and abroad, scientifically summarized the basic conditions of the party since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, and clearly answered many major issues of understanding that have plagued people’s minds since a time ago. The four major convenors have made an important preparation and become another declaration of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts that takes the reform and opening up and the modernization drive to a new stage. We published a special column to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the publication of “Southern Talk.”