But there is more to assessing Wen’s stimulus than the growth/reform trade-off. The policy also helped to expand China’s foreign trade and boost its external financial strength (with a robust balance-of-payments position, large international reserves, and a stable currency), thereby creating space for Li to carry out his ambitious reform agenda.
然而对温家宝刺激政策的评估不应仅局限于增长与改革之间的权衡。因为该政策同时也帮助扩大了中国的对外贸易并借助稳健的国际收支状况，巨额外汇储备和稳定的货币增强了自身外部金融实力，最终为李克强雄心勃勃的改革方案创造了空间。