[蓝点投稿申请] －译文 – 中国创造消费新阶层

原文和链接 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2011-03/15/content_12174084.htm 以下是译文 China creating new generation of consumers 中国创造消费新阶层 By starting the world's largest housing investment program, China will create a new generation of consumers, said an article in New York Times on March 14. 3月14日纽约时报报道，通过启动世界最大规模的房产投资项目，中国将会创造消费新阶层。 According to the article, as part of its new five-year plan for 2011-2015, China will build 10 million affordable homes this year and 36 million units over the period, which amounts to housing the combined populations of France, Australia and Canada, with three people to an apartment. 据该报道，作为五年计划的一部分（2011-2015年），中国今年将会建造10万套经济适用房，而这期间将会达到36万套，这数目相当于法国、澳大利亚和加拿大三个国家人口的房屋数量，等于是三个人就拥有一套房子。 In the short term, the article said, the program will stimulate China's appetite for steel, copper and other materials, benefit commodity exporters and guarantee its investment rate of 48 percent of gross domestic product. 报道中提到，在短期内，此计划将会刺激中国对钢，铜和其他材料的需求，有利于商品出口商，并保证了GDP48%的投资率。 If the goal is reached, the article said, China will have created a new class of consumer. Theoretically, millions of Chinese will no longer have to save their money for "an exorbitant, market-priced home." And with more people living in cities, they will spend more on a variety of goods and services. 另外报道中提到，如果此目标达成，中国将会创造新的消费阶层。理论上，数以万计的中国人不再需要为了拥有一所市场价格过高的家而存钱。随着越来越多的人住在城市里，他们将会投入更多在各种商品和服务当中。 Louis Kuijs, an economist at the World Bank in Beijing, said in the article that he had not expected that the government was putting so much effort into affordable housing. "I wouldn't be surprised if big efforts like this also raise confidence in the economy," Kuijs said. LOUIS KUIJS——在北京的一位世界银行经济学家，在此文章中说到，他并没有想到政府会投入那么多在经济适用房上面，他说“如果这样的大规模投入能够提升经济信心，我不会感到惊讶”。 Stephen Roach, nonexecutive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, also said in a Project Syndicate column that the five-year plan is expected to "spark the greatest consumption story in modern history." 摩根史丹利亚太地区的非执行董事Stephen Roach 同时也说到了一个计划中的辛迪加柱，即是说，五年计划预期会“写下现代史上最辉煌的消费篇章”。 While sowing the seeds for greater consumption, the article said that the huge new supply of apartments will curb rising property prices and also ease discontent among ordinary Chinese 为了更大的消费而播下种子的时候，该文章提到，对于房屋的巨大新需求将会一直上升的房屋价格，舒缓老百姓中的不满情绪。