Deng Xiaoping’s Thought On Maritime Strategy

Deng Xiaoping’s Strategic Thought has formed and flourished by inheriting and developing Mao Zedong strategic thought, and combining outcomes of socialist modernization drive and five thousand years of brilliant traditional Chinese culture and thought, at a time when peace and development are pursued and cherished by the world. It is enriched and develops in long-term practice of revolution rather than created out of thin air. It is a combination of universal truth of Marxism and China’s realities, and the highest achievement of desalinization of Marxism. It is the sum of thoughts on strategic fields and strategic decisions of socialist modernization. Deng Xiaoping’s Strategic Thought on Ocean is an integral part of Deng Xiaoping’s Strategic Thought.Ocean, serving as an important space and resource treasury for survival and development of humankind, has gained increasing attention from countries around the world, as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea goes into effect. Political, economic, and military competitions over ocean have become fiercer. Ocean, with its vast three-dimensional space, abundant natural resources, open international channels, important ecological features, and unlimited potential for exploration, becomes a valuable asset to and strategic space for survival and development of humankind. Since the policy of the reform and opening up was implemented, China has made great progress in its marine undertaking and marine economy, and ocean now plays a vital role in China’s economic and social development as a whole. In the twenty-first century, the sustainable development of humankind will increasingly rely on ocean. As the trend of world mufti-polarization becomes more obvious, economic globalization advances further, resources and environmental problems aggravate, womankind dependence on ocean has been more apparent.The paper tries to have an in-depth study of Deng Xiaoping’s Strategic Thought on Ocean, with the aim of exploring foresight of the thought and its guiding significance for marine construction in these days. The paper consists of four parts.Chapter One: The introduction. This paper introduced the concept of ocean strategy, research methods, innovation, and summarized in this paper, the study of academic value and practical value.Chapter Two: The formation and development of Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking on the sea. With Marxism, MAO Zedong’s sea power idea as the theoretical basis for the "peace and development in the era of" big background and present situation at home and abroad at that time, Outlines the development course of Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking on the sea.Chapter Three: theorem and practice of Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking on the sea. Discusses the connotation and essence of Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking on Marine fundamental principle, basic content, main practice. Based on the principle of seeking truth from facts and independent, Deng Xiaoping as the party and the country’s second generation leadership core, chief designer of China’s reform and opening-up, led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups to make sweeping reforms, the idea of national liberation on an unprecedented scale, instead of the old old ideas, keep up with the trend of The Times, opening doors, to the world; Under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping’s thought of China to strengthen the reform and opening up, vigorously attract foreign excellent experience and practice, the construction of coastal economic open cities, attaches great importance to the Marine development, consolidate the coastal defense. Deng Xiaoping creatively put forward "sovereignty in me, shelving disputes and joint development" ideas, to provide new paths to resolve maritime disputes, ensure the key period of China in the most need to develop a stable external environment.Chapter Four: Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking on the sea and the influence of the enlightenment. Discusses Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking on the ocean for Chinese navy combat mission, Haiphong thought transformation, naval construction and dealing with maritime disputes the positive impact and realistic enlightenment. Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking on the ocean ocean strategy in China construction and development, to maintain maritime rights and interests, the implementation of science and technology start sea and promote socialist modernization has the enlightenment function.