China’s government, as prone to political maneuvering and policy gridlock as any, appears to agree that immediate economic growth is crucial and that an 8% annual rate is essential. Many officials (and the analysts and advisers who support them) assumed that this magic number represents the minimum rate needed to provide jobs to workers and managers and absorb the more than six million new graduates who spill out of China’s campuses each year in search of employment.
而且，现在不是我们对中国经济刺激计划 不 知情的东西让人感觉棘手，而是我们已经知道了的东西令人觉得如此。中国政府和任何其他政府一样，容易受到政治操纵和政策僵局的影响，它似乎认为立即见效的经济增长至关重要，而且8%的年经济增长率对中国来说非常关键。许多中国官员（以及支持他们的分析人士和顾问）认为，8%这一神奇的数字代表了为中国的工人和管理人员提供工作机会、吸收每年从中国校园进入社会的超过6百万寻找工作的应届毕业生所需的最低比率。