The recently enacted 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) has all the right ingredients to produce the ultimate buffer between the dynamism of the East and the perils of a crisis-battered West. But, as the euro crisis causes China’s economy to slow for the second time in three and a half years, there can be little doubt that implementation of the Plan’s pro-consumption rebalancing is lagging.
如今，与亚洲大部分事务一样，供应亚洲急需的消费需求的关键在于中国。最新的十二五规划所提出的目标非常正确，有助于在东方的活力和饱受危机冲击的西方的风险之间建立起终极缓冲。但是，欧洲危机导致中国经济在三年半后再一次出现减速表明，毫无疑问，支持消费的十二五规划再平衡措施已经显得有些晚了。