历史才是最终裁判,我们有很好的理由相信,刚结束的中共十八大三中全会将被视为中国发展的一个关键时刻。中国最高领导层终于通过了一揽子计划,可以促使中国经济从依赖出口转为消费拉动增长的改革。到目前为止,这一转型的构想一直局限于广泛的目标和方向。比如,2011年3月通过的十二五规划承诺,在城镇化和方兴未艾的服务领域的发展基础上,中国经济将进入消费拉动时代。尽管这些承诺在为中国中产阶级展示他们 History is the ultimate judge. We have good reason to believe that the just concluded Plenum of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC National Congress will be regarded as a crucial moment for the development of China. China’s top leadership has finally adopted a package plan that will prompt China’s economy to shift from reliance on exports to consumer-led reforms. So far, the concept of this transition has been limited to a wide range of goals and directions. For example, the 12th Five-Year Plan adopted in March 2011 promised that China’s economy will enter an era of consumer-oriented growth based on urbanization and the development of an emerging service sector. Despite these promises to show them to the middle class in China