By John Wong, Lai Hongyi
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See for instance, Lowell Dittmer, "Leadership Change and Political Development", China Quarterly, 2003, p. 912. Hu Jintao's Consolidation of Power and His Command of the Gun 35 a high level of his popularity among the masses, which has helped lay a firmer civilian foundation to control the military. Finally, Hu takes good care of PLA interests all along and is thus welcome by the military. Certainly, Hu's authority-making is also based on performance, patience and gradual acceptance by the armed forces.
The development towards rule of law, however, is irreversible. SUSTAINING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REFORMS A primary economic task for the Hu-Wen leadership is to sustain high economic growth that China has enjoyed for most of the past two decades. Given that the state has placed much of its claim to legitimacy on providing for jobs and decent income for the populace, this task has profound political implications. China's pattern of economic growth in the past decades, according to Wu Yanrui, has its strengths as well as weaknesses.
It accounted for only 14% of the population in 2001 or 47% of the urban residents in 2002. Upward social mobility also remains limited due to a prominent influence by one's residency and parents' background. Increasing income inequality and restricted social mobility combines to produce social polarities and generates popular propensities for protests or conflict, constituting the most daunting social challenges for Hu and Wen. According to Lai, in order to address rising income inequality and help promote upward mobility, Hu and Wen try to aid the very poor in the countryside and cities, increase financial inputs and support for grain-producing peasants, protect migrant workers in resettling and getting their pay on time.