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黑猫白猫,抓到老鼠就是好猫 (heimao baimao, zhuadao laoshu jiushi haomao)

A cat that catches mice is a good one, be it black or white

A famous remark made by late leader Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of the country's reform and opening up. In the initial period of the reform and opening up, there remained a lot of debates in the country about whether the market-oriented economic reform was capitalist or socialist. To stop such meaningless debates, Deng used the phrase on different occasions to form a unified recognition nationwide of the reform and opening up policy and ensure its smooth implementation.