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Taking the Capitalist Road
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CURRENT ISSUES
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6 / 1993 |
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Excerpts of articles reprinted in Inside China Mainland
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In the wave of economic reform in mainland China, the most fashionable, most seductive activity is "leaving government positions to go into business." As to the pros and cons, opinion is mixed, but society's orientation of values have already experienced clear change. It has not come without its shocks, though. There is nothing strange in the sight of professors busily selling wontons and boiled tea-eggs on the sides of the street.
--Editor of Inside China Mainland
Capitalist success story
In January 1985, Cheng Xiaoping, members of the Liaoning municipal party committee, submitted his public resignation from the committee, in what turned out to be the prelude of an exodus of Liaoning party officials.
Cheng Xiaoping studied chemistry. To gather the funds to set up a factory, he sold vegetables and did handiwork until he had saved up 400 Rmb, at which point he purchased chemical supplies on credit. In a workspace large enough for only two workers, he established the 113 Paint Factory. Now, Cheng Xiaoping's 113 Collective Company has already reached 3 million Rmb in registered capitalization, with more than 200 employees, 40 researchers, and is the largest paint producer in Liaoning, paying 400,000 Rmb in taxes to the government annually.
Accordingly to the statistics of the Liaoning party committee Organizational Department, since 1991, nearly 700 officials have left the ranks for industry province wide. Additionally, 38,936 officials have left party administrative organs. Not only have scores of provincial party committee organ officials headed down the uncertain road of establishing their own business, four liaison-level cadres have put in their resignations as well. Summing up the reasons behind this "mass exodus" with the single explanation of "money" is inadequate, however. As awareness of the commodity economy deepens, people's orientation of values undergo a clear shift. With more than 10,000 officials having already "put out to sea," some reckon that it would be good to "lance the boil" how and step up the reform of the cadre system. There are also those who believe large numbers of talented people have resigned, lowering the quality of party administrative organs. There are also those who fear that the resigned officials and their close ties to party administrative organs will be the source or increased corruption when they establish their own ventures.
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