Deng Xiaoping's thoughts on study abroad are an important part of his thoughts on education and on reform and opening-up. The background of his thoughts on study abroad is the huge knowledge gap between pre-reformed China and developed countries. Having acknowledged the knowledge gap between China and world's advanced level, Deng Xiaoping regards sending more students and scholars abroad to pursue their studies as an essential strategy to narrow down the knowledge gap, improve levels of both science and technology and modernization. This epoch -making idea has greatly encouraged Chinese people to study abroad, which made a substantial contribution to training backbone talents, reducing the knowledge gap and advancing the modernization drive. Deng's thoughts on study abroad also has important implications for the development of overseas study in contemporary China, as well as building an innovation-oriented country with affluent human resources and talented personnel.%邓小平出国留学教育思想是其改革开放思想和教育思想的重要组成部分，它的产生背景是改革开放前我国与发达国家存在巨大的知识差距。邓小平正视这种差距，将扩大派遣留学人员作为我国缩小知识差距、提高科学技术和现代化水平的重要途径。这一思想具有划时代的意义，极大地推动了我国出国留学工作，为培养大批骨干人才、缩小知识差距和推动现代化建设事业做出了巨大的贡献，对当前我国留学教育的健康发展以及建设创新型国家、人力资源强国和人才强国也具有重要的启示意义。
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