可持续发展是人类在反思伴随工业文明而至的生态环境恶化、自然资源锐减以及全球性人口激增、贫困加剧等一系列威胁人类生存的问题时提出来的一种新型发展观。邓小平虽然没有直接提出和阐释“可持续发展”的概念,但他根据这一世界潮流的发展和我国经济建设的实际情况,提出了有关可持续发展的丰富思想。今天,邓小平的可持续发展思想对我国经济持续、快速、健康发展和社会的全面进步仍有着重要的指导作用,特别是对辽宁老工业基地的振兴有重要的指导意义。 Sustainable development is a new concept of development put forward by humankind when it comes to a series of problems that threaten human survival, such as the deterioration of the ecological environment accompanied by industrial civilization, the sharp reduction of natural resources, and the global population explosion and poverty. Although Deng Xiaoping did not directly put forward and explain the concept of “sustainable development,” he proposed a wealth of ideas on sustainable development based on the development of the world trend and the actual conditions of China’s economic construction. Today, Deng Xiaoping’s thinking on sustainable development still plays an important guiding role in China’s sustained, rapid and healthy economic development and all-round social progress. It is especially important for the revitalization of Liaoning’s old industrial bases.