Provincial Party Leaders Urge Change of Mindset to Foster a Better Class of Growth

What’s new: The Communist Party of China in Hunan province has launched a campaign on “emancipation of the mind” this month, echoing a key principle made by former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1978, which advocated for liberation of thinking and warned against rigid thoughts and guided China’s reform and opening-up policy.

Local officials will discuss ways to reverse the mindset that focuses on GDP growth above all else, an economic development model that relies solely on resources and capital, and the “ostrich mentality that intentionally avoids and covers up conflicts and problems,” according to a notice published by Hunan government Sunday.