The first concerns the pattern of Chinese economic growth, which so far has been achieved mainly by rapid increases in factor inputs – labor, capital, and energy. But recent research suggests that about one-third of China’s economic growth comes from technological progress, or from the increase in total factor productivity.
对亚太地区乃至整个世界来说，更深入的地缘政治影响将取决于发生在中国身上的三个关键变化。首先是中国经济的增长模式，目前主要还是由快速增长的生产要素投入——劳动力，资本和能源——来实现，但最近有研究显示中国约有1/3的经济增长来自技术进步，或是源自总生产要素生产力的提升。换言之，中国的发展模式已经开始向发达经济体靠拢，意味着其增长将日趋平衡。