中國根本就沒有過真正的改革開放

改革開放是中國過去四十多年的象征和標誌，已經成為人們的一種普遍共識。如果今天說：中國根本就沒有過真正的改革開放，很多人一定會不同意，也一定會提出反駁和質疑，但是如果我們認真的去思考一下，而不是人雲亦雲，不是被官方的宣傳所迷惑，你一定會得出一個讓自己都無法相信的結論。

第一、要證明中國根本就沒有過真正的改革開放，首先就要弄清楚當年中共為什麽提出要改革開放？要知道改革開放可不是中共政權的本質使然。1978年鄧小平提出改革開放，主要就是因為十年文革造成的中國經濟瀕臨崩潰，生產力低下、人民生活食不果腹，政治上長期動蕩，人人自危，整個社會人心思變。是形勢迫使那些剛剛走出牛棚的中共當權者們做出的選擇，就是說：改革開放不是出自共產黨的理想和信念，而是出於被迫和無奈。

第二、中共提出改革開放決策後，中共的最高統治者從一開始就沒有打算要進行真正的改革和開放，而是要通過改革開放緩解政治和經濟壓力，挽救共產黨的領導和社會主義事業，這方面最有說服力的證據就是當時中共的實際掌權者鄧小平的「黑貓白貓論」，和在改革初期就提出的「四項基本原則」，這就使得改革開放從一開始就註定了是一場不徹底、沒有實質性的假改革假開放。

吕洪来：中國根本就沒有過真正的改革開放

第三、由於中共的最高統治階層從一開始就沒有打算要進行真正的改革和開放，雖然當時的表面上是改革派胡耀邦、趙紫陽執政，但是他們並不掌握國家的實際權力。因此中共的所謂改革開放都是一些表面文章，真正應當改革的政治體製、司法體製、軍隊國家化、土地私有化、出版自由、結社自由四十多年一樣都改不動，無法改，最應當開放的新聞、媒體、通訊、教育、互聯網四十多年一樣也沒有開放，這哪裏有一絲一毫的真改革開放？

第四、中共的改革根本就沒有想讓中國真正的融入人類文明世界、真正接受普世價值，真正的要將中國建成一個自由、民主、法治的社會，並且在改革的关键时刻逼死了堅持改革的胡耀邦、監禁了堅持改革的趙紫陽，這哪裏是什麽真改革，分明就是在腰斬真改革！

第五、因為中共最高統治集團從一開始就沒有打算要進行真正的開放，因此中共雖然在改革開放的初期開放了一些邊境口岸、搞了深圳經濟特區，來吸收外資，緩解經濟壓力，但是在最應當開放的政治領域確是嚴密封鎖，信息管控、鑄造防火墻，嚴防西方先進的思想、文化的進入，嚴防人類文明的進入，並且明確提出「五不搞」，這能說是真正的開放嗎？

上述事實無可辯駁的證明：中共的所謂改革開放，就是一場假改革、假開放，所謂轟轟烈烈都是做樣子，所謂大刀闊斧都是表面文章，完全就是假改革開放之名，行鞏固和強化中共的一黨專製極權統治之實，根本就沒有過要真正的進行改革和開放！

四十多年的事實證明：中共所謂的開放，完全是世界對中國的開放，而不是中國真的向世界開放，是整個國際社會向中國敞開了大門，而不是中國向國際社會敞開了大門。是中國製造充斥著世界的各個角落，而人類的文明和普世價值卻被擋在了中國的國門之外！

             吕洪来：中國根本就沒有過真正的改革開放

那麽一定會有人問：既然事實證明中國根本就沒有過真正的改革開放，那麽中國的經濟奇跡、四十年來中國經濟的快速發展又該如何解釋呢？

改革開放最讓中國人引以為傲、最值得大書特書的就是中國經濟的高速發展，就是中國成為了世界第二大經濟體，但是這裏要強調說明的是：這根本就不是什麽改革開放取得成果，而主要是經濟恢復型發展的结果，是剽竊、抄襲、盜竊知識產權、剥削廉價勞動力、靠欺騙手段融入全球化所取得的结果。

第一、過去四十年中國經濟的快速發展，不是得益於真正的改革開放，而是得益於有限的市場的放開、得益於整個國家從政治極端的「以階級鬥爭為綱「向政治較為寬松的以經濟建設為中心的政策調整，因此這個時期的經濟主要是恢復型的發展，這是中國過去四十年中國經濟取得快速發展的基礎；

第二、過去四十年中國經濟所取得的發展，有很大一部分是靠盜竊知識產權、靠剽竊、靠抄襲、靠盜版、靠壓榨勞動者的血汗、這方面的例子不勝枚舉，這是過去四十年中國經濟能夠取得快速發展的主要方法和手段；

第三、過去四十年中國經濟能夠取快速發展，是得益於全球化，得益於中共靠欺騙手段加入了WTO，可以將自己竊取的知識產權用廉價的勞動力生產的產品傾銷到全世界，這是過去四十年中國經濟能夠快速發展的最重要的因素；

第四、過去四十年中國經濟能夠取快速發展，是以对环境和资源的严重破坏为代价所取得的，这主要包括对环境、水资源和土壤的严重污染，耕地和森林面积的锐减、土地荒漠化的加剧，生物多样性的减少，这样的以对环境和资源严重破坏为代价所取得发展，是在吃子孙后代的饭，断子孙后代的路。這是過去四十年中國經濟能夠快速發展所付出的沉重代价！

當我們弄清楚了過去十年中國經濟能夠快速發展的基礎、方法手段、最重要的因素和所付出的沉重代价後，大家還覺得這是改革開放的偉大成果嗎？還覺得自豪和驕傲嗎？還認為是什麽人間奇跡嗎？

第五、做為恢復型的經濟發展，其經濟的增長會有一個峰值和周期，達到峰值和周期就會停滯。這是因為有限的經濟和市場放開所帶來的紅利非常有限，這裏的紅利就是有限的經濟和市場放開，對經濟發展和社會進步所能夠產生的有限的積極推動作用，對於這一點目前已經充分的顯現出來。

第六、就是過去四十多年中國的經濟根本就不是創新型經濟，不具有先進性和創造性，中國經濟要持續的發展就需要不斷地深化改革，不斷的擴大開放，直至實現經濟的完全市場化、自由化，真正從恢復發展型經濟過渡到創新型經濟，只有這樣才能夠保持經濟的活力和持續的發展。

綜上所述中國經濟根本就不是什麽奇跡，至於一些人總是認為改革開放以來中國經濟的發展是什麽人類發展奇跡、中國經濟的發展有什麽了不起、是什麽中國發展模式、中國的成功經驗，就是因為這些人沒有從根本上認清中共搞的是假改革假開放。

如果非得要說中國的經濟發展是什麽奇跡、什麽模式和經驗的話，那麽中共政權主要靠假改革假開放、靠剽竊知識產權、靠抄襲和盜版、靠廉價勞動力，靠欺騙國際社會，成為世界第二大經濟體也確實是一個世界奇跡，確實是一種中國模式和經驗。問題是這樣的奇跡和發展模式難道不是中華民族的恥辱嗎？有什麽可自豪和驕傲的？又有什麽好學習和借鑒的？相反倒是今天人類文明世界應當從中共政權用假改革開放欺騙國際社會的事件中汲取經驗教訓。

正如美國國務卿馬可.盧比奧所言：我們歡迎了中國共產黨加入全球秩序，但他們利用了全球秩序的所有好處，無視全球秩序的所有義務和責任，他們通過鎮壓、撒謊、欺騙、黑客攻擊和盜竊等手段，獲得了全球超級大國的地位。

最後需要強調的是：正是由於中共的這場改革開放，從一開始就不是出自共產黨的理想和信念，而是出於被迫和無奈，所以這場改革開放的不成功和失敗也是從這場改革之初就已經命裏註定了的。如果過去四十年中國真正的進行改革，放棄一黨專製極權統治，真正的開放新聞、媒體、通訊、教育、互聯網，融入人類文明世界，中國就不會走到今天，更不可能再次的回到帝製時代！

2025年12月15日星期一

China has never truly experienced genuine reform and opening up.

Reform and opening up have been the defining features of China over the past four decades, and this has become a widely accepted consensus. If someone were to say today that China has never truly experienced reform and opening up, many people would disagree and raise objections and questions. However, if we think about it seriously, instead of blindly following the crowd or being misled by official propaganda, we will inevitably arrive at a conclusion that we ourselves might find hard to believe.

First, to prove that China has never had true reform and opening up, we must first understand why the CCP proposed reform and opening up in the first place.  It's important to know that reform and opening up was not inherent in the nature of the CCP regime. When Deng Xiaoping proposed reform and opening up in 1978, it was primarily because the ten years of the Cultural Revolution had brought the Chinese economy to the brink of collapse, with low productivity, widespread poverty, and prolonged political instability, leaving everyone feeling insecure.  The situation forced those CCP leaders who had just emerged from political persecution to make this choice. In other words, reform and opening up did not stem from the ideals and beliefs of the Communist Party, but rather from compulsion and necessity.

Secondly, after the CCP proposed the reform and opening-up policy, the top leaders of the CCP never intended to carry out genuine reforms and opening up from the very beginning. Instead, they aimed to alleviate political and economic pressure through reform and opening up, and to salvage the leadership of the Communist Party and the socialist cause. The most convincing evidence for this is Deng Xiaoping's "black cat or white cat" theory, who was the de facto ruler of China at the time, and the "Four Cardinal Principles" put forward at the beginning of the reform period. This meant that the reform and opening up were destined from the start to be an incomplete and insubstantial pseudo-reform and pseudo-opening up.

Lu Honglai: China has never had true reform and opening up.

Third, because the CCP's top ruling class never intended to carry out genuine reforms and opening up from the very beginning, although reformists Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang were nominally in power at the time, they did not hold real power in the country. Therefore, the CCP's so-called reforms and opening up were merely superficial gestures. The political system, judicial system, nationalization of the military, land privatization, freedom of the press, and freedom of association—all of which should have been reformed—have remained unchanged for over forty years.  The areas that should have been opened up—news, media, communications, education, and the internet—have also remained closed for over forty years. Where is there even a hint of genuine reform and opening up?

Fourth, because the CCP's top leadership never intended to carry out genuine reforms from the very beginning, the CCP's reforms were merely superficial from the start. They had no intention of truly integrating China into the civilized world, truly embracing universal values, or truly building a free, democratic, and law-governed society.  Furthermore, they forced Hu Yaobang, who advocated for reform, to his death and imprisoned Zhao Ziyang, who also championed reform. How can this be considered genuine reform? It's clearly a betrayal and suppression of true reform!

Fourth, the CCP's reforms were never intended to truly integrate China into the civilized world, to truly embrace universal values, or to truly build a free, democratic, and law-governed society.  Furthermore, at a critical juncture in the reforms, they forced the death of Hu Yaobang, who advocated for reform, and imprisoned Zhao Ziyang, who also supported reform. This is clearly not genuine reform; it's a blatant betrayal of true reform!

The facts mentioned above irrefutably prove that the CCP's so-called reform and opening up was a sham reform and a false opening up.  The supposed grand scale of these reforms was merely for show, and the so-called drastic measures were purely superficial.  It was entirely a case of using the name of reform and opening up to consolidate and strengthen the CCP's one-party authoritarian rule; there was never any intention of truly implementing reform and opening up!

Over forty years of evidence proves that the CCP's so-called "opening up" is entirely the world opening up to China, not China truly opening up to the world.  It is the entire international community that has opened its doors to China, not China that has opened its doors to the international community.  Chinese-made products flood every corner of the world, while human civilization and universal values are kept outside China's borders!

Lu Honglai: China has never had true reform and opening up.

Then someone will inevitably ask: Since the facts prove that China has never had true reform and opening up, how can we explain China's economic miracle and the rapid economic development of the past forty years?

What the Chinese people are most proud of and what is most worth highlighting about the reform and opening up is China's rapid economic development and its rise to become the world's second-largest economy. However, it must be emphasized here that this is not the result of reform and opening up, but mainly the result of economic recovery-type development, achieved through plagiarism, copying, intellectual property theft, exploitation of cheap labor, and integration into globalization through deceptive means.

Firstly, the rapid economic development of China over the past four decades was not due to genuine reform and opening up, but rather to limited economic and market liberalization, and to the shift of the entire country from the politically extreme policy of "taking class struggle as the key link" to a more politically relaxed policy centered on economic development.  Therefore, the economic development during this period was primarily a recovery-driven process, which formed the basis for China's rapid economic growth over the past four decades;

Secondly, a large part of the economic development achieved by China over the past four decades has been based on intellectual property theft, plagiarism, copying, piracy, and the exploitation of workers' labor.  Examples of this are numerous, and these were the main methods and means by which China achieved rapid economic development over the past forty years.

Third, the rapid development of the Chinese economy over the past four decades is due to globalization, and to the fact that the CCP, through deceptive means, joined the WTO, allowing it to dump products manufactured with stolen intellectual property and cheap labor onto the global market. This is the most important factor in the rapid development of the Chinese economy over the past four decades;

Fourth, China's rapid economic development over the past four decades has come at the cost of severe environmental and resource degradation. This includes serious pollution of the environment, water resources, and soil; a sharp decline in arable land and forest area; accelerated desertification; and a reduction in biodiversity.  This development, achieved at the expense of severe environmental and resource damage, is essentially consuming the resources of future generations and jeopardizing their future. This is the heavy price paid for China's rapid economic development over the past four decades!

After we understand the foundations, methods, and most important factors behind China's rapid economic development over the past decade, as well as the heavy price paid, will people still consider this a great achievement of reform and opening up? Will they still feel proud and boastful? Will they still consider it some kind of miracle?

Fifth, as a recovery-driven economic development, economic growth will have a peak and a cycle, and will stagnate after reaching the peak and completing the cycle. This is because the benefits brought about by limited economic and market liberalization are very limited.  These benefits refer to the limited positive impetus that limited economic and market liberalization can provide to economic development and social progress, and this has already become fully evident.

Sixth, for the past forty years, China's economy has fundamentally not been an innovative economy; it lacks advanced technology and creativity.  For the Chinese economy to continue developing, it needs to constantly deepen reforms and expand opening up, until it achieves complete marketization and liberalization. Only by truly transitioning from a recovery-oriented economy to an innovative economy can it maintain economic vitality and sustainable development.

In summary, the Chinese economy is by no means a miracle.  The reason some people constantly believe that China's economic development since the reform and opening up is some kind of human development miracle, that China's economic development is something extraordinary, that it represents a unique Chinese development model or successful Chinese experience, is because these people have fundamentally failed to recognize that the CCP is pursuing a false reform and a false opening up.

If we absolutely must describe China's economic development as a miracle, a model, or an experience, then the fact that the CCP regime, relying primarily on sham reforms and opening up, intellectual property theft, plagiarism and piracy, cheap labor, and deceiving the international community, has become the world's second-largest economy is indeed a world miracle, a truly unique Chinese model and experience.  The question is, isn't such a miracle and development model a disgrace to the Chinese nation? What is there to be proud of? What is there to learn from or emulate? On the contrary, the civilized world today should learn lessons from the CCP regime's deception of the international community through its false reforms and opening up.

As U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated: We welcomed the Chinese Communist Party into the global order, but they have taken advantage of all the benefits of the global order while disregarding all of its obligations and responsibilities. They have achieved their status as a global superpower through repression, lies, deception, hacking, and theft.

Finally, it needs to be emphasized that: precisely because the CCP's reform and opening up was not driven by the ideals and beliefs of the Communist Party from the very beginning, but rather by coercion and necessity, the failure of this reform and opening up was predetermined from the start. If China had truly implemented reforms over the past forty years, abandoned one-party authoritarian rule, and genuinely opened up its news, media, communications, education, and the internet, integrating itself into the civilized world, China would not have reached its current state, and it certainly wouldn't be returning to an imperial era!

Monday, December 15, 2025