Long in touch with popular sentiment, Lin proposes very practical measures. He suggests four ways to mobilize latent demand. Raising consumer demand in farming villages is particularly important, since it would help to bring about greater efficiency and greater fairness. Along these lines, the Chinese Communists have introduced policies to stimulate domestic demand, such as providing subsidies for the purchase of home appliances in rural areas.
長期在民間行走的林毅夫，提出的解決之道極為踏實，他以提高 4 項存量需求──特別是可以兼顧效率與公平的「農村消費需求」──為藥方，並強調「建設社會主義新農村」的重要性，藉著因勢利導再搭配適當的「制度變遷」，讓中國保持成長潛力。