Economic growth picked up in the final quarter of 2012 to 7.9% – half a percentage point faster than the 7.4% increase in GDP in the third quarter. This was a meaningful increase after ten consecutive quarters of deceleration, and it marks the Chinese economy’s second soft landing in slightly less than four years.
发自纽黑文市——中国又一次藐视了它的反对者们。其经济增长在2012年最后一个季度提速至7.9%——比第三季度7.4%的GDP增长速度高出半个百分点。在经历了连续十个季度的减速后，这次提速意义非凡，它标志着中国经济在略短于4年的时间内第二次实现了软着陆。