近日一条广为关注的消息是,国际货币基金组织根据国际比较项目的调查和测算结果推断,按购买力平价衡量的中国GDP水平,将在2014年超过美国,重回到全球第一的位置。尽管购买力平价换算办法并非尽善尽美,但在大体数量级的意义上看,是颇有参考价值的。由盛转衰再盛的中国经济已故的著名经济史学家安格斯·麦迪森在《中国经济的长期表现:公元960年—2030年》的著作中这样描写中国的历史地位:“中国现在是,而且一直就是世界上最大的政治实体。早在公 Recently, a news item of great concern is that according to surveys and calculations made by the International Comparison Program, the IMF estimates that the level of China’s GDP measured by purchasing power parity will overtake the United States in 2014 and return to the top position in the world. Although purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion is not perfect, in the general sense of the order of magnitude, it is of considerable value. Angus Madison, famous economist and historian of the late Chinese economy, flourished, described China’s historical position in his book The Long Run of Chinese Economy: 960-2030 AD: ”China It is, and has always been, the largest political entity in the world