1、中文 4900字， 2900单词， 15500英文字符 The SPFTZ can be compared with the Shenzhen special economic zone near Hong Kong 35 years ago, which ushered in reforms and spectacular growth. a. Why a Pilot FTZ? A New Stage for Chinas Economy, and Structural Imbalance China has accomplished major economic develop
2、ment in the new millennium. According to the World Banks World Development Indicators,1 Chinas GDP in the year 2001 when she joined the WTO was 1.535 trillion (constant 2005 US$). By 2013, it was 4.864 trillion, reflecting an annual rate of increase of 10.09 per cent. By comparison, the world total
3、economy in the same period increased from 41.02 trillion to 55.94 trillion, with an annual rate of increase of only 2.62 per cent. In these 12 years, Chinas share in the world economy was more than doubled, from 3.74 per cent in 2001 to 8.69 per cent in 2013. China dwarfs Brazil, India and Russia wi
4、th her 2013 GDP about 57.3 per cent of the four BRIC countries as a whole. In comparison with the United States, as in Figure 1, Chinas GDP has increased from about one-eighth (13 per cent) of that of USA in 2001 to more than one-third (33.5 per cent) in 2013.2 Chinas macroeconomic performance in th
5、e past decade reflects high domestic investment, high dependence on the foreign market and a low consumption ratio. The proportion of Chinas gross capital formation in the world tripled from 6.3 per cent in 2001 to 16.9 per cent in 2012, increasing from US$575 billion to US$2.17 trillion, not much l
6、ess than United States 2.81 trillion. The annual growth rate of Chinas gross capital formation has been intwo digits, since 2001, peaking in 2009 at 19.3 per cent, while all other main economies struggled in the aftermath of 2008 global financial crisis with their gross capital formation decreased by more than 10 per cent in 2009 (Figure 2). To increase investment, China relies not only on domestic saving, but also on foreign capital inflows. In 2001, the ratio of gross domestic saving
