The focus of world economic development has moved from the shores of the Atlantic to the Asian Pacific region not only because of a decline in economic growth in Europe and North America but also because of the high level of economic expansion maintained over the past twenty years by the Asian Pacific region.
世界經濟發展的焦點由大西洋兩岸移到亞太地區，此一情勢之形成，不僅僅是因為大西洋兩岸的經濟成長已呈式微之勢，而是由於近廿年亞太地區的經濟一直以蓬勃之勢，維持高度的成長。