中国的经济发展已引起世界上越来越多的有识之士的兴趣和观注,而消费经济又是其经济发展的显示器。本文的目的在于通过对中国经济发展背景的揭示,剖析中国消费经济的现状,本文是为“美国消费者权益协会”于89年4月1日在马里兰州的年会准备之专题论文。一、中国人均收入概况及其分析世界银行以人均GNP作为衡量各国经济发展的标准,并由此而进行分类。人均GNP于 China’s economic development has aroused the interest and appreciation of more and more people of insight in the world, and the consumer economy is also a display of its economic development. The purpose of this article is to examine the current status of China’s consumption economy through the revelation of the background of China’s economic development. This article is a monograph for the annual meeting of the American Consumer Council at April 1, 1989 in Maryland. I. Per Capita Income in China and Its Analysis The World Bank uses the per capita GNP as a measure of the economic development of all countries and classifies them accordingly. GNP per capita