30 市场之路

1．  The road to Market: A Talk with a Top Chinese Government Official
Sipping喝着
coconut椰子 milk, a relaxed top Chinese government official fielded questions
with ease at Zhongnanhai, a government compound复合 in Beijing.

2．  He spoke for two hours with BUSINESS WEEK Managing Editor Mark Morrison,
Hong Kong Bureau局 Chief Joyce Barnathan, and Beijing Correspondent记者 Lynne
Curry.

3．  What kind of economy are you trying to build?

5． What we
want to achieve through reform改革 is to adopt采用the operating mechanism机制 of market economy.

6． The only
difference is that your economic system is based on private ownership, while
our market economy will still be based public ownership.

7．How are you
going about trying to create this new model?

8．Mainly, we
will conduct reform改革 in three areas, that is, the fiscal财政 policy, the
banking system, and state-owned国有
enterprises企业.

9． The fiscal财政 reform改革 will be aimed
at旨在 adjusting the relationships between central and local governments.

10 Now we have a new
system under which revenue tax收入关税 is shared between the central and local governments-similar to类似于 the
system you have between federal联邦 and local governments.

11． The aim of
banking reform改革 is to establish an independent独立的 financial金融 system.

12． Lastly, we
will change the relationship between the state and its enterprises企业.

13．Won’t you meet
strong resistance阻力?

14． We have had
a long process of preparation准备.

15．A consensus
was built between central and local governments, and between the government on
the one hand and enterprises企业 on the other.

16． We are glad
to see that the general situation in the country and in all industries has been
stable稳定. No big problems have cropped up出现, and this has
greatly boosted提高 our confidence.

17． The reform改革s must have
the Chinese people’s understanding, support and acceptance.

18． That is by
no means easy.

19．In changing
the tax system, haven’t you and the provinces had any pretty fierce激烈的 struggle斗争?

20． It is true
that last year we did a lot of work with Provincial省 governments
to convince说服 them.

21． It is
impossible to take money out of the pockets口袋 of another person
without that person’s resistance阻力.

22． But the
measures we introduce are not so drastic激烈的. They are
actually quite moderate温和的.

23．Right now,
your economy is growing by13% a year. What is your target?

24． Our target
is 9% to 10% for this year.

25． It is not
possible for us to achieve 7% because that would create a disruption中断 to the
economy.

26． In addition除了, that kind
of fluctuation波动 would lead to social instability稳定.

27． Are you comfortable舒适的 with the
level of foreign investment投资 in China?

28． Last year
we saw an unprecedented前所未有 level of direct foreign investment投资 in China, some $11
billion worth.

29． It is a
good phenomenon.

30． Would a US
trade war with China seriously cripple削弱 your economy?