纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Chinas New Economic Agenda a Lot Like the Old One Takeaways
March 6, 2024 2 min 281 words
这篇报道揭示了中国新经济议程与旧有模式惊人的相似之处，令人深思。虽然国家宣称实施创新、开放政策，但实质上似乎延续了过去的经济战略。这种持续性引发了对中国经济是否真正转型的疑虑。报道中所提到的政府主导、重视实体经济、强调国内市场，这些元素似乎是中国一贯坚持的经济理念。然而，在全球经济格局变动的今天，中国是否需要更加开放、创新，以适应新的挑战，成为了一个备受关注的问题。这篇报道提供了深刻的洞察，促使我们审视中国经济的发展动向，同时也呼吁中国在面对日益复杂的国际形势时思考更为灵活的经济策略。
Beijing was abuzz with politics on Tuesday. China’s annual legislative meeting — the National People’s Congress, when Communist Party leaders promote their solutions for national ills — opened for business.
The event is a chance for the leaders to signal the direction of the economy and outline how and where the government will spend money in the coming year.
Yet while aiming high, they offered little. Officials signaled that they were not ready for any showstopping moves to revive an economy battered by a property crisis, the loss of consumer confidence and financial pressures of indebted local governments. Despite their reluctance to spend, China’s top leaders said the economy would grow around 5 percent this year.
The growth target and other policies came in a report given to the annual session of the legislature. It was delivered by China’s No. 2 official, Li Qiang, and is the marquee event in a weeklong gathering dominated by officials and party loyalists.
Everyone agrees: The target is ambitious.
There was one word economists universally used to describe China’s growth target of 5 percent: ambitious.
That once wouldn’t have been the case. For decades, China’s economy was synonymous with much higher growth, sometimes even in double digits. But three years of strict pandemic measures took a toll, and a deepening real estate crisis has led to the collapse of dozens of developers. With China’s leaders short on action, some experts are now skeptical that China will pull off 5 percent growth this year.