三月上、中旬,报纸报道了两条消息。一条是报喜,一条是报忧。前者告诉人们,今年一、二月份工业总产值比去年同时期增长百分之十五点二。后者告诉人们,第二轻工业今年一月份产值增长的速度,与去年十二月份相比,下降百分之四点二三。这两条消息表明的事实,无疑都是真的。但是,稍微关心工业的人都知道,去年我国工业生产的发展很不平衡,年初和年末的差距比较大。全年平均增长为百分之八,上半年只百分之四,下半年则超过百分之十。无论是整个工业生产或者是第二轻工业生产的情况,大体都差不多。这样,报道中拿今年一、二月份与去年一、二月产值最低的月份相比,或与去年十二月产值最高的月份相比,都不可能准确地说明究竟比去年增长多少,还是降低多少。诚然这两条消息说的是真话,但在表明增或降的幅度上,给了人们不准确的概念。 In the middle of March, the newspaper reported two pieces of news. One is a good news, one is reported to worry. The former told people that the gross industrial output in January and February of this year increased by 15.2% over the same period of last year. The latter told people that the rate of increase in output of the second light industry in January this year dropped by 4.223 as compared with December last year. The facts shown by these two messages are undoubtedly true. However, those who are slightly concerned about the industry know that the development of China’s industrial production was unbalanced last year and the difference between the beginning of the year and the year-end was relatively large. The average annual growth rate was 8% in the first half of the year, only 4% in the second half, but more than 10% in the second half. Whether it is the entire industrial production or the second light industrial production situation, roughly the same. In this way, it is impossible for the report to compare accurately with the number of months in January and February this year, the lowest in January and February last year or the month with the highest output in December last year, How many. It is true that these two messages tell the truth, but give people an inaccurate notion of the magnitude of the increase or decrease.