In Deng Xiaoping's legal theory, what is the significance of insisting on "grasping with both hands"?

Grasp with both hands, and both hands should be hard.

Grasp both hands, both hands should be hard, that is, we should grasp reform and opening up on the one hand and crack down on various criminal activities on the other.

At the beginning of 1992, Deng Xiaoping pointed out in his talk in the south: "We should persist in grasping both hands, focusing on reform and opening up on the one hand and cracking down on various criminal activities on the other. Both hands should be hard. We will never be soft in cracking down on all kinds of criminal activities and sweeping away all kinds of ugly phenomena. "

He also pointed out that it has been proved that * * * can destroy ugly things. We should oppose corruption in the whole process of reform and opening up. For cadres and * * * members, the construction of a clean government should be taken as a major event. It still depends on the legal system, which is more reliable. In short, as long as our productive forces develop, maintain a certain rate of economic growth, and persist in grasping both hands, the construction of socialist spiritual civilization can be carried out.

* * * Why can you eliminate those ugly things mentioned above? The fundamental reason is that * * * people's purpose is to serve the people wholeheartedly. She represents the fundamental interests of the people of the whole country, and she relies on the strength of the people to eliminate these ugly things. Practice has proved that in the process of reform and opening up, we must adhere to both hands to eliminate ugly things.

(Xinhua News Agency, August 2, 20041)