Chinese officials stressed the crucial role of public investments, especially in agriculture and infrastructure, to lay the basis for private-sector-led growth. In a hungry and poor rural economy, as China was in the 1970’s and as most of Africa is today, a key starting point is to raise farm productivity.
中国官员们强调了公共投资的重要性，特别是对于农业和基础设施的投资，以为私有经济带动的经济增长打好基础。对于饥渴而贫困的农村经济，比如中国20世纪70年代以及现在非洲的大部分地区，一个主要的出发点是提高农业生产力。农民们需要的是化肥、灌溉、高产种子带来的好处，所有这些都是中国经济腾飞的核心组成部分。