ɪnðə vjˈuː ʌv dˈɛŋ, ðə tˈæsk fˈeɪsd baɪ ðə lˈiːdɚʃˌɪp ʌv tʃˈaɪnə wʌz tˈuːfoʊld: ˈaɪ pɹəmˈoʊɾɪŋ mˌɑːdɚnᵻzˈeɪʃən ʌvðə tʃaɪnˈiːz ɪkˈɑːnəmi, ænd ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː pɹɪzˈɜːvɪŋ ðɪ ˌaɪdɪəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl jˈuːnɪɾi ʌvðə tʃaɪnˈiːz kˈɑːmjuːnˌɪst pˈɑːɹɾi sˌiːsˌiːpˈiː ænd ɪts kəntɹˈoʊl ʌvðə dˈɪfɪkəlt ɹᵻfˈɔːɹmz ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚd baɪ mˌɑːdɚnᵻzˈeɪʃən.
In the view of Deng, the task faced by the leadership of China was twofold: (i) promoting modernization of the Chinese economy, and (ii) preserving the ideological unity of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its control of the difficult reforms required by modernization.