The term DENG refers to Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman. He was the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1992. He is credited with initiating the economic reforms that transformed China into one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China in 1949. He was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong were both influential figures in the history of modern China.