The Reform of the State-owned Enterprises (SOE) of the People's

Oct 3, 1978

Zhao Ziyang's Sichuan Experiment
Period: Oct 3, 1980 to Dec 31, 1983

Zhao Ziyang's rationalizing reform
Dec 16, 1980

Chen Yun critizing the rationalizing reform
Jan 25, 1982

Chen Yun advocating a bird-cage economy
Oct 20, 1984

Resolution on Economic Restructuring
Period: Oct 20, 1984 to Oct 3, 1988

Zhao Ziyang's dual-track reform
Period: Oct 20, 1984 to Dec 31, 1985

Zhao Ziyang's "tax for profit" program
Apr 15, 1989

Hu Yaobang's death
Period: Apr 15, 1989 to Feb 1, 1991

Tian'anmen Interlude and post-Tian'anmen retrenchment policies
Jun 4, 1989

Tian'anmen Square Massacre
Feb 1, 1991

Zou Jiahua's re-discovers the market
Period: Jan 18, 1992 to Feb 21, 1992

Deng Xiaoping's "Southern Tour"
Period: Jul 23, 1992 to Mar 16, 2003

Zhu Rongji's comprehensive economy reforms
Oct 15, 1992

14th CPC Congress decides to establish a "modern enterprise system"
Period: Oct 19, 1992 to Dec 31, 1993

Zhu Rongji's price reform
Period: Oct 19, 1992 to Mar 29, 2003

Zhu Rongji's enterprise reform
Mar 29, 1993

Zhu Rongji becomes Vice Premier
Period: Oct 3, 1993 to Oct 3, 1994

Zhu Rongji's tax reform
Jan 1, 1994

Company Law
Mar 17, 1998

Zhu Rongji becomes Premier
Nov 11, 2001

People's Republic of China joins World Trade Organization

Zhao Ziyang's Sichuan Experiment