Why is China's economy growing and improving very fast? Two decades ago, as a tourist I saw places were rather dirty but suddenly it changes extremely fast in just a short time range.  Thank you.

为什么中国经济增长和改善得这么快？二十年前，我来中国旅游，到处都很脏，怎么突然之间就发生了翻天覆地的变化。谢谢！

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Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam

Chinas model of growth is one of the must do examples of patience and discipline

You say you saw China as a tourist and it was rather dirty

That's the trouble with the mentality that's affecting Indians a lot today

The Assumption that Roads, Bridges and Tall Steel Buildings is proof of development

中国的增长模式是耐心和纪律的典范之一

你说你曾以游客的身份来过中国，觉得环境很脏

这就是如今影响印度人的思维方式

总觉得道路、桥梁和高层建筑才是发展的证明

It is not

It's just proof of Debt in many cases

Chinas growth has been going on for nearly 5 decades

You didn't realise it because you kept looking at the superficial definition of growth — that is Infrastructure, Airports, Roads etc

The Indian perceptive

China began from the BASE

事实并非如此

在很多情况下，这只能证明债务

中国的经济增长已经持续了近50年

你没有意识到这一点，因为你一直对增长的定义很肤浅—你只看基础设施、机场、道路等

这是印度人的看法

而中国会从基础入手

They focused on EDUCATION first and ensured that every Chinese as as educated as possible

They focussed on BUILDING A WORKFORCE and ensured that every Chinese was productive

They focussed on their greatest advantages back in those days — CHEAP LABOR & LAND and used it to get foreign manufacturing contracts and make money which they used to build a supply chain

中国坚持教育第一，让每个中国人都能受教育

中国重视劳动力队伍的建设，让每个中国人都有生产力

中国重视他们最大的优势—廉价的劳动力和土地，并利用它们争取外国的制造合同，赚到钱后又用这些钱来打造供应链

They made more money and used that money to further educate their populace, make their populace familiar with latest technologies and invest into manufacturing

This took almost 33 years (1970–2003)

By this time the Chinese had a educated population , a very strong workforce and very well trained,a very strong manufacturing ecosystem and a superb leadership system

他们赚到了更多的钱，并用这些钱进一步为民众提供教育，让他们的民众熟悉最新的技术，并投资于制造业

中国为这个过程花了将近33年(1970-2003)

那时中国已经拥有了受过良好教育的人口，非常强大且训练有素的劳动力，非常强大的制造业生态系统和一流的领导体系

THEN THEY CAME OUT SURGING

That is the so called growth you talk about

China didn't just wake up in 2003.

China had 33 years of preparation

Only then with enough money and roaring trade did they build those roads and buildings and ports

They just need money and nothing else

然后他们展露锋芒

这就是你所说的增长

中国不是在2003年才突然苏醒的。

中国耐心蛰伏了33年

在拥有了足够的资金和繁盛的贸易之后，他们开始全力修建这些道路、建筑物和港口

他们万事俱备，只欠东风（资金）

Any idiot can build them

Infrastructure building is something anyone can do if you can borrow enough money or earn enough money

So China thanks to its 33 years of slogging and patience , surged ahead like a Rocket from 2003–2023 because they had a very strong foundation thanks to its 1960s and 1970s kids

是个人都能造出来

基础设施建设谁都能做，只要你能借到或赚到足够的钱就行

因此，这33年的努力和耐心让中国从2003年到2023年像坐了火箭一样，所向披靡，因为他们有非常强大的基础，这要归功于20世纪60年代和70年代出生的这一代人。

Sadly the West can't understand this

They think China's growth happened in the last 20 years and so believe it's like Korea or Japan and it will burn out

The fact is China's first 33 years of building their base , one of the strongest on earth is missed or ignored by the West

可悲的是，西方无法理解这一点

他们认为中国是从过去20年开始增长的，因此认为中国就像韩国和日本一样后劲不足。

但事实上，中国前33年的基础建设—世界上最强大的基础之一—却被西方错过或忽视了。

A Base of Education, Strong learning minds, Workers who have the best ethics in the world, The willingness to always learn and adapt and not hide like ostriches and TO FOLLOW ORDERS OF WORTHIER MORE MERITORIOUS PEOPLE

That's China right there

教育的基础，强大的求知欲，全世界最具职业道德的工人，愿意不断学习和适应，不会像鸵鸟一样逃避。

这就是中国

Chinas economy isn't growing very fast .

It's been building up over 50 years

It's like enrichment of nuclear Uranium 238 into Uranium 235

Initially it's very slow because a lot of impurities exst and you feel like slee , then slowly as the Uranium becomes purer and purer the enrichment becomes faster and faster

From 0% to 15% takes forever and ever

From 97.20% to 99.67%,the centrifuges literally gallop at record speeds

That's the Chinese Economy

Its exactly how US and other Western Countries achieved their growth

Yet they simply ignore this due to Politics

中国的经济增长不是很快。

但它已经增长了50多年。

这就像把铀238浓缩成铀235

一开始非常缓慢，因为有很多杂质，你觉得慢得让人想睡觉，然后慢慢地随着铀变得越来越纯，浓缩进程变得越来越快

从0%到15%需要很长很长时间

但从97.20%到99.67%，速度快到创纪录

这就是中国经济

这正是美国和其他西方国家实现增长的方式

但由于政治原因，他们就是视而不见。

Joseph Wang

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Why did China's economy grow so quickly in the past few decades? Can it continue to do so in the future?

为什么中国经济在过去几十年里能增长得如此之快？中国未来还能延续这种势头吗？

Industrialization.

In 1980, most Chinese were farmers. In 2022, most Chinese are not. One reason that China grew so quickly was that unlike other places like the US or UK where the transition between farm and factory took place over 100 years, China managed to compress all of that in one generation.

The thing is that now that people are no longer farmers, China simply *cannot* grow as quickly in the next 40 years as it has in the last 40 years, and the places that will grow quickly are places like Africa and India, where people are still farmers. The thing is that in order to keep growing, China has to make (and is making) some basic changes in its economy to focus on tech.

工业化。

1980年，大多数中国人都是农民。到2022年，大多数中国人都不再从事农业生产了。中国经济增长如此之快的一个原因是，和美国或英国等用了100多年时间才从农业转变到工业不同，中国成功地用一代人的时间完成了这种转变。

问题是，现在中国人不再是农民了，中国在未来40年里不可能像过去40年那样快速增长，但非洲和印度等国将会快速增长，当地民众现在还是农民。为了保持增长，中国必须(并且已经着手)对中国经济进行了基础调整，转向以科技为中心。

CaiLei

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Why is China develo so fast for the past decades?

为什么中国在过去几十年里发展得如此之快？

Public ownership of land.

One-prty system and no meaningless quarrels.

Advocating the cultural tradition of hard work and getting rich.

Efforts to eradicate illiteracy and solid basic education.

70 years of unremitting infrastructure construction

Independent national defense.

A complete industrial system, and important industrial resources are in the hands of the government, rather than being controlled by oligarchic capitalists.

土地公有制。

没有无谓的争吵。

崇尚勤劳致富的文化传统。

努力扫除文盲，夯实基础教育。

70年不懈的基础设施建设

自主发展国防。

完整的工业体系，将重要的工业资源掌握在政府手中，不让寡头资本家得手。

PRC's economic achievements did not fall from the sky, but the result of continuous accumulation.

Since the founding of the PRC, it has developed rapidly, simply because the Western media has paid little attention to PRC's past (Deny or distort, try to create a political image of a socialist country = poverty, famine, ), So there is a feeling that PRC is pop up out of nowhere.

中国的经济成就不是从天上掉下来的馅饼，靠的是不断积累的结果。

自新中国成立以来，得到了迅速的发展，只是因为西方媒体很少关注中国的过去，西方否认或扭曲中国，试图打造一个国家的政治形象=贫穷、饥荒，所以人们会有一种中国一夜之间突然冒出来的误觉。

It was not until PRC's development was close to that of Western countries that Western media began to pay attention to PRC..

When PRC's economic development was about to surpass that of the US, the western media started Shouting.

当中国的发展已经逼近西方国家时，西方媒体才开始关注起中国。

当中国的经济发展即将超过美国时，西方媒体开始大呼小叫起来。

Nathan James

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What are the reasons behind China's economic growth? Is it possible for another country to achieve similar growth?

中国经济增长背后的原因是什么？其他国家有可能实现类似的增长吗？

These are the following reasons:

原因如下：

China has a massive population (about a billion in 1980, 1.4 billion today).

China has a strong central government comprised of capable and intelligent officials.

China’s government creates good policies without compromise.

China’s government executes these policies without hindrance.

China is rich in natural resources and arable land.

China is geographically well-located with respect to trading nations.

China has easy access to ocean ship.

中国拥有庞大的人口(1980年约10亿，现在约14亿)。

中国有一个强大的中央政府，有能干和聪明的领导人

中国毫不妥协地制定好的政策。

中国毫无阻碍地执行这些政策。

中国拥有丰富的自然资源和可耕地。

就贸易而言，中国的地理位置优越。

中国的远洋运输很方便。

It is possible for another country to achieve similar growth if it has a similarly large population, if it has a strong and capable government, if it’s rich in natural resources, and if it receives a strong hel hand. This is the idea behind the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa, for example. Many African countries have large populations and lots of natural resources. BRI aims to help them with infrastructure.

One can only hope their governments are capable.

如果另一个国家有同样多的人口，也有一个强大有能力的政府，也有丰富的自然资源，能得到强有力的援助，是有可能实现和中国类似的增长的。这就是“一带一路”在非洲推广的背后逻辑。许多非洲国家人口众多，自然资源丰富，“一带一路”希望帮助亚洲建设基础设施。

人们只能指望自己国家的政府有本事。

Abhinav Goswami

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How did China become an economic superpower in such a short period of time?

There are mainly three reasons :

中国是如何在如此短的时间内成为经济超级大国的？

主要有以下三个原因：

Infrastructure. This helped China’s economy gain momentum like, just like it did in case of USA. USA’s infrastructure has suffered a bit and as its critical for movement of people and goods, investment in infrastructure was part of Donald Trump’s agenda. China has developed its infrastructure with a determination which can be compared to desperation; such rapid development helped the nation. Just look at number of long bridges built by China and picture becomes clear.

基础设施。这让中国经济获得了前进的动力，就像美国一样。美国的基础设施遭受了一些破坏，作为人员和货物流动的关键，基础设施投资是唐纳德·特朗普发展目标的一部分。中国以空前的决心发展基础设施；基础设施的快速发展助力了中国的发展。看看中国建造的长桥数量，你们就明白了。

Soviet Union Disintegration. The scientists and intelligent brain, probably some of the most intelligent individuals of those times, were in China after USSR breakdown. This helped Chinese develop in manufacturing and advancement in technology.

Political system. If a bridge has to be built over farmlands, it has to be built. Period. If a housing complex comes in way of high speed railway lines, quickly workaround is decided and effectively implemented. Quick decision and implementation is key here. And decisions are more often than quite smart ones focussing on China as a nation; not to impress local residents, political establishments, etc. China comes first.

苏联解体。苏联解体后，科学家和人才，也许是那个时代最聪明的一批人都在中国。他们帮助中国实现了制造业的发展和技术的进步。

体系。如果政府想在农田上建一座桥，那桥就一定会建起来。就这么简单。如果住宅小区挡在高铁路经线路上，政府也会迅速确定解决方案并有效实施。快速决策和执行是关键。中国的决策往往以国为重，而不会刻意迎合当地居民、党派等，国家才是放在第一位的。

A combination of three factors decided fate of China. Right now China is a large economy and a very large market of automobiles. They have moved quite fast in last decade and half.

三个因素共同决定了中国的命运。现在中国是一个庞大的经济体，也是一个非常大的汽车市场。在过去的15年里，他们发展得相当快。

Thom

China's economy is actually in trouble current growth is at 2%. You have to remember there are billions of people in China. A great percentage of them are uneducated peasants. They contribute nothing monetarily to the economy. Also China is carrying a great deal of debt. Pouring money into Africa and South America cost money. Countries just can't print it likes it's free. All those destroyers, nuclear submarines, jet fighters, bombers and aircraft carriers cost money also. Not to mention the money they are loaning or giving to Russia, Nicaragua and Venezuela and everyone's favourite North Korea. Also not to mention buying off third world countries.

目前中国经济其实已陷入困境，目前的增长率仅为2%。你必须记住中国有十几亿人口这个事实。他们中很大一部分是没有受过教育的农民。他们对经济没有任何经济贡献。此外，中国背负着巨额债务。中国对非洲和南美投入的资金都是真金白银。任何国家都不能恣意印刷纸币。中国所有的驱逐舰、核潜艇、喷气式战斗机、轰炸机和航空母舰也都要花钱。更不用说中国借了不少钱给俄罗斯、尼加拉瓜、委内瑞拉和所有人都宠爱的朝鲜了。另外拉拢第三世界国家也得花钱呢。