迎接太平洋世纪的到来

• 作 者: 哈里T·奥希马\\r\\r\\r\\r\\r\\r\\r\\r\\n 郑希
• 出 处: 亚太经济
• 发表日期: 1985年01期
• 关键词: 世界经济中心 太平洋地区 美国经济 新兴工业国家 经济变化 二十世纪末 现代经济增长 劳动人口 生产率增长 西方经济发展

自第二次世界大战以来,太平洋地区的经济变化最令人注目。目前、东亚(包括中国)和东南亚各国的国内生产总值增长率居世界领先地位,达6％以上。人们不得不这样设想:二十一世纪将是太平洋的世纪。 十八世纪后期,根据欧洲北海地区国家经济增长率的统计,英国居首位。是美国经济跃居领先地位后,世界经济中心便在十九世纪后期转移到大西洋地区。现在,随着日本和亚洲几个新兴工业国家和地区的崛起,二十世纪末世界经济中心果真会转移到太平洋地区吗?

Since the Second World War, the economic changes in the Pacific have been most noticeable. At present, the growth rate of GDP in East Asia (including China) and Southeast Asian countries ranks the leading position in the world, reaching over 6%. People have to think this way: the 21st century will be the century of the Pacific Ocean. In the late eighteenth century, Britain ranked first in the statistics of the economic growth rate of the countries in the North Sea area in Europe. After the U.S. economy took the lead, the world economic center was transferred to the Atlantic Ocean in the late nineteenth century. Now, with the rise of several emerging industrial nations and regions in Japan and Asia, will the World Economic Center really move to the Pacific Ocean in the late 20th century?