到本世纪末使人民生活达到小康水平,最早是总设计师邓小平同志提出来的。1979年12月6日,邓小平同志在会见日本首相大平正芳时谈到:“我们的四个现代化的概念,不是像你们那样的现代化的概念,而是‘小康之家’。到本世纪末,中国的四个现代化即使达到了某种目标,我们的国民生产总值人均水平也还是很低的。要达到第三世界中比较富裕一点的国家的水平,比如国民生产总值人均 By the end of this century, people’s life has reached a comfortable standard of living. It was first put forward by Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the chief designer. On December 6, 1979, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, when meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Masanori Ohira, said: ”Our concept of four modernizations is not a concept of modernization like yours, but a ’well-to-do home.’ By the end of this century, Even if China’s four modernizations achieve certain goals, our GNP per capita is still very low, reaching the level of the richer countries in the Third World such as per capita GNP