A press conference to mark the release of the report was held on February 27, 2012. As World Bank President Robert Zoellick began his remarks, self-described scholar of politics and economics Du Jianguo began protesting. Du shouted slogans including: "State-owned industry should not be privatized!" and "This report from the World Bank is poison!" Before being pulled from the room, Du passed out an essay he had written titled, "WB Go Home With Your Poison!" In response, Zoellick acknowledged the intense debate in China between nationalists and economic liberalizers, and said this was "the point of any good research report." Du's protest received widespread praise from China's influential netizens and he became a featured guest on news shows for some time.
