With its prowess in central planning, China has always been adept at engineering shifts in its industrial structure – as the move toward services-led growth attests. But China apparently is far less proficient in replicating the DNA of a modern consumer culture – specifically, in altering the behavioral norms of its people.
中国的中央计划十分了得，长于促进产业结构内部的变化——向服务拉动型增长的转型就是明证。但中国显然并不那么善于复制现代消费文化的DNA——具体而言，即改变中国人民的行为范式。