在美国,中小企业一直被视为“美国经济的脊梁”。中小企业占全美企业总数的99%,每年的销售额占私营销售总额的一半以上,同时还提供了亿万个就业机会,美国前总统里根称中小企业是美国自由经济制度的心脏与灵魂。事实上,中小企业的发展是振兴经济的关键,金融危机时, In the United States, SMEs have long been regarded as “the backbone of the U.S. economy.” Small and medium-sized enterprises account for 99% of the total number of U.S. businesses, with annual sales accounting for more than half of total private sales and hundreds of millions of employment opportunities. Former U.S. President Reagan said that SMEs are the heart and soul of the free economic system in the United States. In fact, the development of SMEs is the key to rejuvenating the economy. In the financial crisis,