中小企业是中国经济不可或缺的重要组成部分,也是提供就业的主要力量。广大中小企业家是中国经济向市场化转型的践行者。然而,全球金融危机以来,相较于国有企业、垄断企业所受的冲击,民营中小企业生存压力异常巨大,出口型中小企业更是处于生死存亡关口。在这场危机中,经历了多年市场磨练的广大中小企业,能否成为中国经济的新增长点?它们的成长还需要哪些条件?它们能否成为今天中国经济走出危机的希望所在? SMEs are an indispensable part of China’s economy and a major force in providing employment. The majority of SMEs are practitioners of China’s transition to a market-oriented economy. However, since the global financial crisis, compared with the impact of state-owned enterprises and monopolies, the pressure on the existence of privately-run small and medium-sized enterprises is unusually huge, and the export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises are still at the point of vitalization. In this crisis, the vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises that have experienced years of market trials can become a new growth point for China’s economy. What are the conditions for their growth? Can they be the hope that China’s economy will emerge from the crisis today?