2009年12月7日结束的中央经济工作会议提出,扩大内需以增加居民消费为重点。由此足见扩大居民消费对中国当前经济社会发展意义重大。实际上,早在1998年2月25日至2月26日召开的中共十五届二中全会上,中央就第一次提出了扩大内需的方针。在这次会议上,江泽民强调“要努力扩大内需,发挥国内市场的巨大潜力”。然而,10多年来, The Central Economic Work Conference concluded on December 7, 2009 proposed that expanding domestic demand should focus on increasing residents’ consumption. This shows that expanding resident consumption is of great significance to China’s current economic and social development. In fact, as early as the 2nd Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee from February 25 to February 26, 1998, the Central Government put forward the principle of expanding domestic demand for the first time. At this meeting, Jiang Zemin emphasized: “We must strive to expand domestic demand and exert the great potential of the domestic market.” However, for more than 10 years,