亚太地区的经济近年来取得了很大的发展,但各国的发展水平很不平衡。一些新兴工业国家和地区的经济增长速度在世界上名列前茅,但对许多发展中国家来说,贫困、落后、自然环境遭到破坏和人口增长过快,仍然是它们当前面临的主要问题。最近在北京举行的亚洲开发银行理事会第22届年会上,来自47个国家和地区的政府官员、金融专家和观察员就如何减少贫困、保护生态平衡和亚行今后的作用等问题各抒己见,提出了许多有益的意见和建议。 1988年对亚行大多数成员来说,是一个好年景。这些国家和地区的年增长率平均达到8.8％,比世界 The economy in the Asia-Pacific region has made great strides in recent years, but the level of development in various countries is very uneven. In some emerging industrialized countries and regions, where the rate of economic growth ranks among the best in the world, for many developing countries, poverty, backwardness, destruction of the natural environment and excessive population growth remain the major problems currently facing them. At the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank recently held in Beijing, government officials, financial experts and observers from 47 countries and regions expressed their views on issues such as how to reduce poverty, protect the ecological balance and the future role of ADB. A lot of useful comments and suggestions. For 1988, for most members of ADB, it is a good year. These countries and regions average an annual growth rate of 8.8% over the world