《中华工商时报》原载水皮的文章《吴敬琏价值几何》，本刊摘登如下：经济学家吴敬琏名列中国经济年度人物之首，这个结果既出人意料，又在情理之中。说它出人意料，是因为无论中外，类似的荣誉似乎专属于叱咤风云的商界精英，本届评选的情况也是如此，而吴敬琏是唯一入选的经? The article entitled “Value Proposition of Wu Jinglian” originally carried by the “China Business Times” has been published in the following article: The economist Wu Jinglian was ranked first in the annual figures of China’s economy. This result is both surprising and reasonable. To say that it was surprising is that similar honors seem to belong exclusively to the all-powerful business elite at home and abroad. The same is true for this year’s selection, and Wu Jinglian is the only one selected.