The Third Plenum of the 18th Party Congress gave primacy to the principle of market competition; but, as a senior Chinese banker commented in a related context some years back: “It’s quite hard to compete when you’re playing against the referee.”
中共拒绝承认，只要它垄断着政治权力，腐败就无法根除；没有有组织的反对和功能健全的公民社会机构，官员就会继续利用公职作为敛财工具。中共十八大三中全会强调市场竞争原则；但是，一位资深中国银行家在多年前的评论说：“如果你与裁判比赛，你很难去和他竞争。”