ðə fˈoːɹ mˌɑːdɚnᵻzˈeɪʃənz wɜː ɡˈoʊlz, sˈɛt fˈɔːɹθ baɪ ʒˈuː ɛnlˈaɪ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː, ænd kəntˈɪnjuːd baɪ hjˈuːæ ɡjˌuːoʊfˈɛŋ ˈæftɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɪks, tʊ ɪmpɹˈuːv ˈæɡɹɪkˌʌltʃɚ, ˈɪndʌstɹi, nˈæʃənəl dᵻfˈɛns, ænd sˈaɪəns ænd tɛknˈɑːlədʒi ɪn tʃˈaɪnə.
The Four Modernizations were goals, set forth by Zhou Enlai in 1963, and continued by Hua Guofeng after 1976, to improve agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology in China.