1990年,徐匡迪陪着当时的上海市市长朱镕基出访。在途中,朱镕基听完徐匡迪对经济的高论之后,建议他出任计委主任。徐匡迪说:“我不喜欢计划经济。”朱镕基哈哈大笑:“我就是要找一个不喜欢计划经济的人当计委主任。”尔后,徐匡迪不仅当了计委主任,还当上了上海市长。 In 1990, Xu Kuangdi accompanied Zhu Rongji, the then mayor of Shanghai, on his visit. On the way, Zhu Rongji listened to Xu Kuangdi’s economic theory and suggested that he should be the director of the Planning Commission. Xu Kuangdi said: “I do not like the planned economy.” Zhu Rongji laughed: “I was looking for a person who did not like the planned economy when she was a director of the Planning Commission.” Later, Xu Kuangdi not only became the director of the Planning Commission, Mayor of Shanghai.