Deng's Six Conceptions

Deng's Six Conceptions (Chinese: 邓六条; pinyin: Dèng Liùtiáo) are six principles for resolving the Taiwan issue proposed by Deng Xiaoping, then Chairman of the Central Advisory Commission, when he met with Professor Yang Liyu of Seton Hall University in New Jersey, the United States, on 26 June 1983. The main points of this conversation are included in the third volume of Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, entitled "Concepts on the Peaceful Reunification of Mainland China and Taiwan". Its principles and ideas are roughly the same as the "one country, two systems" concept.

Between 1979 and 1982, Yang Liyu visited mainland China 11 times. In March 1983, at the annual meeting of the Asian Studies Association in San Francisco, Yang Liyu listed "The Prospects of China's Unification" as one of the discussion topics. At the meeting, Qiu Hongda, who was regarded as President Chiang Ching-kuo's representative, put forward the conditions for peace talks that were considered to represent the Republic of China. Deng Xiaoping believed that his misunderstanding was too deep and was willing to clarify it in person. During the talks on 26 June, Deng Xiaoping was accompanied by Yang Shangkun, member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Central Military Commission (in charge of Taiwan affairs), Deng Liqun, Secretary of the CCP Central Committee Secretariat and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department, Wang Feng, Deputy Head of the Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs, and Ma Hong, President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

In 1987, Chiang Ching-kuo 's "One Country, Good System" was seen as a response to "One Country, Two Systems" in 1983.