1999年初,江泽民同志在与出席全国宣传部长会议的同志座谈时指出,对错误的东西要头脑清醒,心中有数,沉着处理。不能把错误的东西炒热,更不能让错误的东西干扰党和国家工作的大局。江泽民同志这一指示,切中时弊,意味深长。改革开放和社会主义现代化建设是一项全新的事业。由于人们认识的局限性和认识个体的差异,对这一全新事业的认识,既不可能一步到位,也不可能齐步到位,出现错误是难免的。邓小平同志早在1987年就指出:“搞改革、搞四化可不简单。我们从来没有自我 In early 1999, Comrade Jiang Zemin, in his discussion with comrades attending the National Propaganda Conference, pointed out that it is necessary to have a clear-cut, clear-cut heart and calm dealings with the wrong things. We can not stir up the wrong things and let the wrong things interfere with the overall work of the party and the state. Comrade Jiang Zemin’s directive cut the current shortcomings with great implications. Reform and opening up and socialist modernization are a brand new undertaking. Due to the limitations of people’s understanding and individual differences, understanding of this new cause can neither be achieved in one step nor is it possible for it to be put in place simultaneously. Errors are inevitable. As early as 1987, Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "It is not easy to engage in reform and to carry out the four modernizations. We never self