根据《新帕尔格雷夫经济学大词典》对于“萧条”的定义,对照中、日两国的实际经济状况,我们可以认定目前中国和日本均处于“萧条经济”之中,但却分属两种不同类型.对两种萧条经济的特征、表现形式和原因等进行比较分析可以发现,货币政策时于二者的作用均不明显,但原因却有不同.目前,积极的财政政策应是两国共同的主要政策方向.同时,由于体制性因素是二者萧条的根本原因,故而作者主张进行结构调整.“,”According to the definition of “recession” given in the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, and based on a comparison of the realistic economic situations of China and Japan, a conclusion can be reached that both China and Japan are presently suffering from “economic recession”, which is of different types, though. Through a comparative analysis of the characteristics and causes of the two types of economic recession, it can be seen that, due to different reasons, monetary policy has not played a major role in either case. It is the finding of this paper that active financial policies should be taken by both countries as the major policy direction. And, in the meantime, it is argued in this paper that measures should be taken to restructure the economy as system factors are found to be the essential cause to the economic recession of both countries.