Table of Contents
Publication Note ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1987
1 Indigenizing Production of the Santana 8
1988
2 Make the Supply of Non-Staple Foods for Shanghai's Residents a Breakthrough Point in Our Work 20
3 Utilizing Foreign Investment and Developing Foreign Trade 23
4 Changes in Thinking Can Bring Great Hope to Shanghai 26
5 Invigorate Shanghai's Finances, Support Economic Revitalization 28
6 Speed Up Indigenous Production of Very Large-Scale Integrated Circuits 31
7 Unite and Strive Together to Do Good Economic Work 33
8 Speech at the First Plenary Session of the Ninth Shanghai People's Congress 44
9 Do a Good Job of Supplying Non-Staple Foods in the Spirit of Reform and Truth-Seeking 66
10 Foreign Trade: The Vanguard for Shanghai's Development of an Externally Oriented Economy 70
11 The Shanghai Municipal Government Must Be Prepared to Fight Hard for Revitalization 77
12 Play to Our Strengths in Science and Technology, and Fight the Good Fight for Key Industrial Projects 81
13 Some Principles for Establishing the Shanghai Foreign Investment Commission 87
14 A Few Comments on the Devolution of Powers 92
15 Press Conference Announcing the Establishment of the Shanghai Foreign Investment Commission 95
16 A Conversation with American Author Harrison Salisbury 101
17 The Research Office of the City Government Should Become the Mayor's Brain Trust 107
18 A Speech at Fudan University 111
19 Three Expectations of All City Officials at the Bureau Level and Above 125
20 An Interview with Kevin Sinclair of The Standard (Hong Kong) 132
21 Let Enterprises Swim by Themselves in the Markets 137
22 A Conversation with Siegfried Lengl, Secretary of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development 140
23 Develop High-Quality Services and Improve the Investment Environment 147
24 Some Specific Thoughts Regarding the Development of Pudong 151
25 Invigorate Large and Medium State-Owned Enterprises 156
26 The Problems of Dirt and Disorder in Shanghai 162
27 Work Assigned by Leaders Should Be Carried Out Thoroughly 164
28 Remarks at Three Study Meetings of the Members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee 166
29 We Must Use Foreign Investments Boldly 174
30 Promote the Tight Integration of Sci-Tech with Production 178
31 Bonuses Should Reward the Diligent and Penalize the Lazy 186
32 What Matters in a Legal System Is Its Effectiveness 188
33 Always Remember That We Are Servants of the People 190
34 Letters and Petitions Are an Important Way to Keep in Touch with the People 192
35 We Are Resolved to Rectify the Taxi Industry 199
36 A Conversation with C. Y. Leung, Director of Jones Lang Wooten (Hong Kong) 204
37 A Joint Interview with Japanese Correspondents Based in Shanghai 212
38 A Conversation with the World Bank's Shahid Javed Burki and Delegation 220
39 A Conversation with German Expert Werner Gerich 228
40 Quality Is Shanghai's Lifeblood 236
41 A Few Comments about Economic Hot Spots 240
1989
42 The Key Issues and Key Tasks to Focus on in 1989 248
43 Eliminate Slush Funds 255
44 A Letter to the Shanghai Educators Union 257
45 Further Promote Stable Growth of the Rural Economy 259
46 How to Stabilize the Markets 266
47 Speech at a Shanghai Conference on Oversight Work 269
48 Shanghai's Industrial Restructuring Must Blaze New Paths 278
49 We Must Be Determined to Fix the City's Street Traffic 284
50 Launch the "Two Increases and Two Decreases" Campaign and Stabilize Shanghai's Economy 291
51 Keep Shanghai Stable, Keep the Overall Situation Stable 297
52 Get Organized and Maintain Shanghai's Stability 300
53 Shanghai Must Not Descend into Chaos 311
54 Further Consolidate Shanghai's Stability 317
55 The Basic Qualities Socialist Entrepreneurs Must Have 324
56 To Stabilize the Economy, It's Essential to Stabilize Prices 328
57 Cleaning Up Companies Is an Important Measure for Punishing Corruption 332
58 Several Issues Regarding Attracting Foreign Investment 335
59 A Directive on Quality Management 338
60 Concentrate Our Efforts on Winning the Trust of the People through Several Measures 340
61 We Must Be Determined to Treat the Upstream Pollution of the Huangpu River 344
62 Leading Cadres Must Not Be Detached from the People 351
63 Technical Upgrading at Enterprises Must Follow a New Path 355
64 Discipline Inspection Cadres Must Dare to Tackle Tough Cases 361
65 Five Practical Things to Do in Building Clean Government among Rural Cadres 364
66 Explain Difficulties Clearly and Energize Ourselves 366
67 Some Thoughts on the Three-Year Restructuring of Shanghai's Industries and Their Long-Term Growth 372
68 Borrow from Experiences of Other Countries and Speed Up Development of an Externally Oriented Economy 380
69 Revitalize and Develop the Arts in Shanghai 383
70 Good Prospects for Shanghai's Electrical Machinery Exports 388
71 To Overcome Our Difficulties, We Must Rely Wholeheartedly on the Working Class 394
72 Shanghai's Hopes Lie in the Development of Pudong 399
73 Resolutely Implement Governance and Rectification Measures 405
74 On the Development and Opening Up of Shanghai's Financial Sector 419
1990
75 Publicity in the News Media Should Be Fact-Based 425
76 Remarks Made While Reporting to Yang Shangkun 432
77 Some Comments on the Central Committee's "Decision on Strengthening Ties with the People" 437
78 Remarks Made While Reporting to Qiao Shi 442
79 Do Three Practical Things for the People of Shanghai 446
80 A Conversation with C. Y. Leung 449
81 Reporting to Yao Yilin on the Development of Pudong 456
82 A Conversation with Moeen Qureshi, Senior Vice President of the World Bank, and Delegation 467
83 The Municipal Party Committee Must Focus on Party Conduct and on Establishing Clean Government 474
84 Speech at the Establishment of the Shanghai Overseas Exchange Association 479
85 Do Good Urban Planning 485
86 In the "Two Increases and Two Decreases Campaign," Take Substantive Action, Dare to Manage, and Take Genuine Action 489
87 A Speech to Cadres from the Shanghai Planning Commission 496
88 Shanghai Will Further Open Up to the World 505
89 Thoughts from a Visit to Hong Kong and Singapore 514
90 About Our Visit to the United States 524
91 A Press Conference on Policies to Open Up and Develop Pudong 531
92 A Letter to Shanghai's Sanitation Workers 536
93 Do Good Planning and Design for the Pudong New Area 537
94 A Conversation with Attila Karaosmanoglu, Vice President of the World Bank 539
95 On Shanghai's 10-Year Plan and the Eighth 5-Year Plan 544
96 We Must Properly Protect the Unpolluted Land of Chongming 554
97 Take Information Work Seriously and Do It Well 559
98 Some Comments on Developing a Securities Market 563
1991
99 Basically Resolve Shanghai's Housing Problems within 10 Years 566
100 Help State-Owned Enterprises Resolve Their Dilemma 573
101 Some Comments on Rebuilding Shanghai's Old Urban Areas 583
102 Speech at the Municipal Party's Discipline Commission 590
103 Shanghai Will Have No Future If We Don't Overcome Bureaucratism 599
104 Four Comments on Doing Good Work with Cadres 601
105 The Drivers of Shanghai's Development 611
106 Creating a New Outlook for Community Work 616
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