《中华人民共和国2009年国民经济和社会发展统计公报》(以下简称《统计公报》)已如期发布。《统计公报》中列举的一笔笔数据、一张张图表,生动展示了面对国际金融危机的严重冲击,党中央、国务院带领全国各族人民,万众一心,共克时艰,力挽狂澜,在世界各国率先实现经济回升向好的发展历程;充分证明了面对新世纪以来最困难的一 The Statistical Bulletin of the People’s Republic of China on the 2009 National Economic and Social Development (the “Statistical Bulletin”) has been released on schedule. A series of data and figures charted in the “Gazette” vividly show that in the face of the serious impact of the global financial crisis, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have led the people of all ethnic groups across the country in their efforts to overcome the difficulties and turn the tide over the turmoil in the world. All countries took the lead in realizing the development course of economic recovery and fully proved that the most difficult one since the new century