We Must Safeguard and Strengthen the Authority of the Party Central Committee

Key Points of Chen Yun's Talk with Shanghai Leading Comrades on February 9, 1994. Contained in the Selected Works of Chen Yun Vol. 3. Chen Yun pointed out in the talk: “Following the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh CPC Central Committee in 1978, the national economy has developed rapidly and the standard of living has improved considerably. This fact is obvious. Of course, there are still many difficulties and problems.” To solve them, first of all, we should safeguard and strengthen the authority of the Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin at its core. Without this authority, we will not be able to accomplish anything or maintain social stability. In view of the situation throughout the country, an issue in the current economic work which merits our particular attention is the need to adapt the scale of construction to the national strength while allowing some leeway. At the same time, we should concentrate on increasing economic returns. He fully affirmed that the current central leadership is firm and capable and has done a good job.

He emphasized that: “As long as the whole nation works with one heart and one mind and unites as one, implementing in a down-to-earth manner the principles, policies and measures adopted by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, there will be high hopes of making a success of China's economic programme and socialist China will have a bright future.”