One obstacle that changes on mainland China have run into in the past and will encounter in the future is that several of their ideas and methods directly contradict traditional communist ideology.
而且，各開放地區有不同的投資優惠，區內工資也不同，形成「特權」地帶，違反共產主義基本的「公平」原則。為了達到改革目的，重用「四化」﹘﹘專業化、年輕化、革命化、知識化的人員，也引起老幹部的反抗。這些阻力都可能使改革腳步遲緩、停滯。