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Liberation Army are still not sufficiently resolved for him to
be able to hand over to a successor. The survival on the State
Commission of a Vice Chairman such as Ye Jianying displays an
unwillingness to tinker with a delicate issue.
Conclusion
37. The appointments at the NPC bring satisfaction to the
reformist group centred around Deng. A certain number of new
and younger faces have been brought into the State Council
and none of the positions of leading reformists have been
challenged. The policies spelled out in Zhao's report follow
the reformist line. In particular, it was Chen Yun's reformist
economic views which the Congress endorsed. On other subjects,
Zhao generally proposed a continuation of the present line. To
underline future continuity, particularly as far as foreign
countries are concerned, Deng announced on 19 June that China's
policy of opening up to the outside world "remains unchanged.
If it changes it would be to make China even more open than
at present".
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38. That is not to say that no question marks remain. As
outlined above there remain considerable imbalances in the
economy and the heavy industry faction centred round the new
President, Li Xiannian, retain their government positions.
They cannot be completely ruled out as a force in the future
should economic progress falter. Similarly problems of leftism
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