THE party chief of China's northeastern Liaoning province has called for the liberation of thought among local cadres in a bid to improve its economy, the official media reported.
Gu Jinchi, the secretary of Liaoning's Provincial Party Committee, said in Beijing a big step in thought liberation was necessary for Liaoning's revival, according to a dispatch by the China News Service (CNS).
But he did not elaborate on what he meant by thought liberation, or give further details.
Liaoning, one of the major industrial bases and with the second largest economy in the country during the 1950s and 1960s, has fallen behind in China's move from a socialist economy to a market-oriented one.
At present, Liaoning ranks fifth or sixth in the country's economic production.
The CNS quoted Mr Gu as saying the degree of thought liberation among cadres in the province was not enough.
