“Empty talk is at best a shortcoming and a problem. It may hinder things, but how can it harm the country?” A friend questioned the statement that “empty talk harms the country, but hard work will make the country prosperous.” He thought it was “a bit exaggerated.”

Empty talkers may be boastful, top-notch in singing, but poor in performance, and are “giants in language and dwarfs in action”; or they may exaggerate, saying “one end of the tea bowl, talking about boundless words and a small cigarette, only talking about the shortcomings of people.” Others are clear-headed, but show timidity in their own actions; or they sit and talk, point fingers, and make judgments, saying, "I've told you this won't work" and "I've known they couldn't do it a long time ago." With all these manifestations, for policymakers and managers of national, local and social affairs, empty talk will indeed harm the country in the face of important matters related to development opportunities.

In the military, when the two armies are facing each other, empty talk can miss the chance of fighting and lead to defeat. Even one failure can affect the overall situation. If a move is lost, the whole game will be lost, just like Zhao Kuo's talk on paper and Ma Su's defeat of the street pavilion. One mistake. Eternal hatred harms both oneself and the country; economically, competing for the market and empty talk can miss business opportunities and lose the initiative. Especially in the era of economic globalization, being controlled by others in the increasingly fierce international business war will damage the interests of the country and enterprises. ; Politically, when governing for the people, empty talk delays opportunities and deepens conflicts, which not only prevents the implementation of principles and policies that benefit the people and the country, but also misses the best opportunity to solve the people's problems and social conflicts, and undermines the credibility of the party and the government. Damage... If empty talk becomes "wind", it will cause greater harm. "Many people only talk and drink for no reason, and are unable to do anything, which affects politics, making the 'empty city strategy' unrealistic." Mr. Lu Xun's words about the social atmosphere of the Wei and Jin Dynasties are still alarming.

The biggest harm of empty talk is that it delays all kinds of great opportunities that benefit the country and the people. Opportunities are not only obtained through long-term efforts of local cadres and masses, but also given by historical development. Quite a few opportunities are rare. Failure to see and seize opportunities is the biggest mistake. There is a concept of "opportunity cost" in economics, which refers to the profit opportunities lost in other aspects of investment after focusing on one aspect of an investment. It can also be said to be the abandonment of other aspects due to operating a certain business. Gains outside of business are losses in the best business. Opportunities are lost due to high-minded talk, and not only the opportunity cost is lost, but also the future of a local development.

A country’s development path is long, but critical points often only include a few steps. If you delay one step, you may fall behind step by step, and if you fall behind, you will be beaten. Throughout the ages, the Chinese nation has missed several major development opportunities, and the dream of rejuvenation standing among the nations of the world has become a topic for generations. Today, we are ushering in an important strategic opportunity period for reform and development. If we seize the opportunity, we can achieve leapfrog development and become the trend-setter of the times; if we lose the opportunity, we will retreat instead of advancing and become the laggard of the times. In this period of opportunity, we have ambitious goals and must concentrate on building a higher-level moderately prosperous society that benefits more than one billion people. In this period of opportunity, we have arduous tasks and must cope with profound changes in the economic system, profound changes in social structure, Profound adjustments to the pattern of interests and profound changes in ideological concepts. There is a long way to go, and empty talk is not conducive to solving problems and will miss opportunities for development. If problems are not solved and good opportunities are not seized, people will be misled, things will be misled, the country will be misled, and the people will be misled.

This opportunity cannot be missed, and time waits for us not. It is no exaggeration to talk about harming the country; it is time to rejuvenate the country through hard work.