消费需求增长乏力是我国经济运行陷入困境的主要原因 1995年以来,我国消费品零售额增长幅度连续4年下降,其增长幅度由1994年的30.5％下降到1998年6.8％,平均每年下降5.9个百分点。从国民生产总值的构成方面来看,最终消费的增长幅度从1995年以来也是连续4年下降,其增长幅度由1994年的34.8％下降到1998年的6.6％,平均每年下降7个百分点,其下降幅度已经超过社会消费品零售额的下降幅度。 Lack of growth in consumer demand is the main reason why China’s economy is running into difficulties Since 1995, the growth rate of retail sales of consumer goods in China has been on a continuous decline for four years. Its growth rate dropped from 30.5% in 1994 to 6.8% in 1998, with an average annual drop of 5.9 percentage points . In terms of the composition of GNP, the growth rate of final consumption has also dropped for four consecutive years since 1995. Its growth rate dropped from 34.8% in 1994 to 6.6% in 1998, with an average annual drop of 7 percentage points. Its decline has exceeded the decline in retail sales of social consumer goods.