On this day, 39 years ago, on September 6, 1986 (August 3, 1986, the lunar calendar), Deng Xiaoping proposed the separation of party and government. From September to November 1986, Deng Xiaoping proposed the separation of party and government several times. He said: When economic system reform reaches a certain point, political system reform must be proposed... The separation of party and government must be given first. We cannot copy the West or engage in liberalization. There may be problems with overemphasizing the system of mutual restraint. Later, after Zhao Ziyang succeeded Hu Yaobang as General Secretary of the Central Committee, he also began to promote political system reform.