1989年春夏之交，我国发生严重政治风波，在分外敏感的关头，上海《世界经济导报》组织了一整版文章，矛头指向党的民主集中制原则，影响恶劣。《世界经济导报》属上海市委管理，根据组织程序，上海市委决定对其停刊整顿。江泽民在危机时刻果断整顿《世界经济导报》，成为舆论焦点并为各界瞩目。
In the late spring and early summer of 1989, a serious political storm swept through the country. At an extremely sensitive moment, the Shanghai-based World Economic Herald organized a full page of articles aimed at the Party's principle of democratic centralism, with a pernicious impact. As the World Economic Herald was administered by the Shanghai Municipal Committee, the committee decided, following proper procedures, to suspend the paper for rectification. Jiang Zemin's decisive rectification of the World Economic Herald at a moment of crisis made him the focus of public opinion and drew attention from all quarters.
