1998年12月召开的中央经济工作会议明确提出，扩大内需、开拓国内市场，是我国经济发展的基本立足点和长期战略方针。这是针对当前我国经济发展所面临的国内国际环境变化所提出的一条重要指导方针，是当前及今后一个较长时期各项宏观经济政策的重要取向，绝非权宜之计。从国内 The Central Economic Work Conference held in December 1998 made it clear that expanding domestic demand and opening up the domestic market are the basic footholds and long-term strategic guidelines for China’s economic development. This is an important guideline for the current changes in the domestic and international environments that China faces in its economic development. It is an important orientation of various macroeconomic policies at present and in the future, and it is by no means an expedient measure. From the country