总理朱镕基在其首份政府工作报告中指出,今年,国家将通过适度扩大财政赤字和国债规模,用以进行基础设施建设,拉动经济增长。并强调,在通常情况下,靠扩大财政赤字搞建设,势必会引发通货膨胀,但是,在当前的特定条件下,发生这种危险的可能性不大。这是“扩大赤字搞建设”的概念首次出现在中国的政府工作报告中,此举引起了海内外的关注。 In his first government work report, Premier Zhu Rongji pointed out: This year, the state will boost economic growth by appropriately expanding the fiscal deficit and the size of government bonds to carry out infrastructure construction. He stressed that under normal circumstances, expansion of the fiscal deficit will inevitably lead to inflation. However, under the current specific conditions, such a danger is unlikely. This is the first time that the notion of “expanding the deficit and building a government” appeared in the government work report of China. This has aroused the concern at home and abroad.