There was a warm response to Chao's directive on the establishment of a personal responsibility system in government organizations. However, each government organization goes its own way in implementing the system, as can be seen from the following extract from a People's Daily report on the situation in Changtzu County, Shansi: Beginning from the end of 1980, each unit in the Changtzu County, Shansi, implemented the personal responsibility system and the floating wage system.]

They examined every prisoner by himself (who were in all about two hundred and fifty persons) where they had absconded the rest of their goods

And if the eye / Of her adversion were fast fixt on high, / In midst of death 'twere no more fear or pain, / Then 'twas unto Elias to let flie

Shifting from this to a situation where short-termism in access planning becomes the norm is not in passenger interests.