一、目前经济运行过程中的主要矛盾和问题1.有效需求不足与保持较高经济增长速度的矛盾加深。从我国近年的情况看,拉动经济持续增长的两大重要力量——消费需求和投资需求,都存在不足的现象。我国社会商品零售额增长速度从1994年后呈现持续下滑趋势,由1994年的0.31％下滑到1998年的0.07％。而反映投资需求的全社会固定资产投资增幅也 I. Main Contradictions and Problems in the Current Economic Operation 1. The contradiction between the insufficient effective demand and the relatively high rate of economic growth has deepened. Judging from the situation in our country in recent years, there are two shortcomings in the two major forces driving sustained economic growth: consumer demand and investment demand. The growth rate of retail sales of social commodities in our country shows a continuous downward trend since 1994, from 0.31% in 1994 to 0.07% in 1998. The investment in fixed assets reflects the growth rate of the whole society