improvement through: industry agriculture science/technology defense
to "unisolate" China
It changed it.
The Four Modernizations were intended to improve the economy.
an increase in the emphasis on collective farming
made it modern
Lynn Diane Feintech has written: 'China's four modernizations and the United States' -- subject(s): Commercial policy, Foreign economic relations
Progress in agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technogy
Four Modernizations
The four modernizations have affected Chinese agriculture and industry by giving more power to families so that they could better meet their own individual needs. These modernaizations have also given the government the urge to run its own farms and agricultural businesses.
After the death of Mao Zedong, the Gang of Four (his widow and her allies), attempted to seize control and continue the Cultural Revolution and isolationist agenda. However, Deng Xiaopin and the Eight Elders seized control, arrested and jailed the Gang of Four and brought China out of economic depression into the Four Modernizations Program.
a move toward increase capitalism
Deng's four modernizations in China included modernizing agriculture by promoting mechanization, introducing new farming techniques, and encouraging individual responsibility in farming through the Household Responsibility System. These changes led to increased agricultural productivity, efficiency, and overall improvement in living standards for farmers.
duty?
Those are outmoded political slogans and today even the central government has ceased mentioning them.