CHINA'S leading newspaper has called for unified and correct understanding of pleas made by patriarch Deng Xiaoping for a faster pace of economic reform.
In a signed commentary yesterday, the People's Daily said localities and departments should increase their sense of awareness about the importance of national interest as against regional interest.
They ''should see that there will only be a good external environment for localities if the overall situation is stable'', the article said.
The half-page article is part of the orchestrated move by mainland media to call for action in unison among regions to implement the central economic orders.
In a frank admission of the existence of dissenting views, if not resistance, it said efforts to ''further unify'' the thoughts between the central Government and the regions were imperative to ensure the macro economic control was a success.
It said: ''Only when one takes an overall perspective will one be able to have a clear view of the macro economy . . . and reach a consensus on the state of the national economy.'' The article said the consensus should be that there were contradictions and problems with the economy which could not be neglected.
''If they [contradictions and problems] are allowed to develop without any action, there will be major fluctuations with the economy. It will then spoil the advantageous chance for a faster pace of economic growth and adversely affect the smooth progressof economic development and reform,'' it said.