StabilityisofextremeimportancetoChinawhichisfocusingoneconomicdevelopment,reformandopeningup.Withoutstability,thereisnowayofcarryingoutreformandopeningup,letaloneeconomicdevelopment.JustasDengXiaopingsaid,"Withoutastableenvironment,nothingcouldbeaccomplished."StabilityhasensuredasustainableandrapiddevelopmentofChinaintheseyears.WhycanChinamaintainstability?SomepeopleintheWestaccuseChinaofautocracy,sayingthatthestressofstabilityisnothingbutapretextofsuppressingdemocracy