China's leaders warn about an overheated economy

The economy has to be stopped from becoming overheated and to ensure that officials at all levels will implement the central government's policies, the country's highest leadership said yesterday.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) gave the call after central government inspection teams found some local governments are ignoring the State Council's decision to save energy and cut greenhouse gas emission, and are still investing heavily in high resource-consuming sectors.