 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Kunyange zvazvo Hua Guofeng, uyo akabudirira saSachigaro weChinese Communist Party uye mutyairi mukuru, muna 1976, akaedza kupfuuridzira kutaura kwaMaoist uye kuwana chiremera chakafanana nechaMao. Akabvumirawo kudzorerwa kwevakawanda vavaimbobatana naDeng, avo, vachikumbira kuti zvinhu zvichinjwe munyaya dzezvoupfumi, vakazomupandukira. Mukati memusangano webasa wa1978 wakaitwa munaNovember, uchigadzirira musangano mukuru, Chen Yun akasimudza nyaya nhanhatu Bo Yibo, Tao Zhu, Wang Heshou naPeng Dehuai; Chiitiko cheTiananmen cha1976; uye zvikanganiso zvaKang Sheng zvokushatisa kuruboshwe. Pamusangano mumwe chetewo, Deng akataura kuti zvakanga zvakafanira kupfuurira mhinganidzo dzendangariro. 