"If that happens, we will have a state-run economy."
The closed, state-run economy, combined with corruption and mismanagement, has prevented the development necessary to give everyone jobs.
With no black market to offer basic goods that the state-run economy has failed to provide, shortages of food and gasoline are certain to worsen.
Introduced in Parliament a week ago, the legislation would alter much of the state-run economy and into a market-oriented system.
At home, the state-run economy has collapsed and the nation is starving.
Zhang also instituted many reforms that were completely novel to the state-run Chinese economy at the time.
It developed a disastrous state-run economy that allowed no individual initiative and made Vietnam one of the world's poorest nations.
They foresee increased investment that will inject new vigor into the predominantly state-run economy.
Another problem altogether is discrimination even against legal Christians, who usually cannot hold senior positions in Government or the vast state-run economy.
Raising prices is a central and by far the most widely discussed element of the Government's plan to transform the state-run economy.