Xi Jinping: I asked an official of the discipline commission

我說你覺得老百姓意見大不大

“Do you think ordinary people are happy with the situation?

群眾意見大不大

Are the masses happy with it?”

大

He said of course not.

是不是當前影響積極性最大的問題

I asked: “Isn't it harming people's productivity?”

是

He said, “yes.”

我們將近三百萬人該得罪還是這兩三千人該得罪

Then I asked if we should upset about three million people or thousands of officials who violated the Party's discipline.

他說那當然是寧肯得罪這兩三千人

He said, of course we would rather offend the two or three thousand officials.

我說那咱們就干要干就干成義無反顧開弓沒有回頭箭

I replied, we shall do this, and strive for it without turning back.”