有人说,中国可以在未来50年内靠自己的廉价劳动力竞争。这是个很大的谬误。如今,中国农村还有大约1.5亿的无业劳动力,比美国的整个劳动大军的人数还多。这一严酷的事实,将不可避免地在长时间内压低中国工人的工资水平。也正是有这样取之不尽的廉价劳动力,吸引了外资大举进军中国。廉价劳动力无可争议地成为中国的国际竞争优势。然而,如果劳动力价格长期被压得过低,就将会对中国未来的发展带来长远的危机。 Some people say that China can compete on its own cheap labor in the next 50 years. This is a big fallacy. Today, there are still about 150 million unemployed people in rural China, more than the entire workforce in the United States. This harsh fact will inevitably depress the wages of Chinese workers over a long period of time. It is also such an inexhaustible cheap labor force that has attracted foreign investment into China in a big way. Cheap labor has undoubtedly become China’s international competitive advantage. However, long-term labor price pressures will have a long-term crisis on the future development of China if labor prices are too low.