2004 Economic Analysis and Outlook

Author: Xiao Zhuoji
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: 2004 was a crucial year for China's reform and development. A new economic growth cycle had been initiated. China faced many favorable conditions and new opportunities, but also encountered difficulties and new challenges. We must seize the favorable conditions and new opportunities, protect, guide, and leverage the enthusiasm for accelerated development from all sectors; we must adhere to a comprehensive, harmonious, and sustainable scientific development concept, placing greater emphasis on people-centered development, overall balance, innovation and reform, and macroeconomic regulation; we must adopt various policies and measures to earnestly address the difficulties and issues in economic and social development. The 2004 Economic Golden Book was organized and compiled by the Beijing Institute of Market Economy Research. This book reviews the development of China's economy and the world economy in 2003, and provides outlooks and forecasts on the economic trends of China and the world in 2004, with concise analysis. It is rich in data and covers a broad scope, making it suitable for readers such as economic workers, business managers, and faculty and students in higher education. This book was researched and written by multiple authors. The chapters cover the main aspects and key issues of the current domestic macroeconomy, as well as the economic situations of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, and the economies of major countries and regions in the world. Each author independently analyzes and elaborates on relevant issues, expressing diverse viewpoints.