德国经济真正的支柱在于富有活力的中小企业。德国的中小企业指的是年营业额低于5000万欧元、雇员人数少于500人的企业。有一组数据显示:中小企业已占德国企业总数的99.7%,中小企业的产品要占到德国产品70%至90%的市场份额,德国对外贸易顺差的很大一部分是由它们创造的。它们创造了全部德国利税的50%,雇佣了全部职工的三分之二以上,培训了全部学员工的82%,占整个GDP的40%,即使在金融风波欧元 The real pillar of the German economy lies in vibrant SMEs. German SMEs refer to companies with an annual turnover of less than 50 million euros and fewer than 500 employees. There is a set of data showing that SMEs already account for 99.7% of the total number of German companies. SMEs’ products account for 70% to 90% of German products’ market share. A large part of Germany’s foreign trade surplus was created by them. They created 50% of all German profits and taxes, employed more than two-thirds of all workers, trained 82% of all employees, and accounted for 40% of GDP, even in the financial crisis.