Hu criticizes officials for poor job

President Hu Jintao on Friday criticized some officials for their perfunctory work style, lax management and lack of responsibility, saying the Communist Party of China faces an unprecedented heavy task in building itself.

He made the remark at a meeting attended by provincial and ministerial-level officials at the Central Party School, which discussed promotion of the scientific outlook on development - a guiding principle for China's economic and social development - among all Party members. All members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee attended the meeting.

"Some officials have ignored public opinion and turned a blind eye to people's hardships, and even major issues that concern the lives of the masses of people We must learn a painful lesson from the recent accidents" that have caused great losses to people's lives and property, Hu said.