The pathological phenomena of China's economy are everywhere and everyone is aware of them. However, there are many lawsuits to identify the root causes of China's economy. I think: from the perspective of consumption, it is due to the serious lack of income and extremely low consumption power of the people at the bottom of the pyramid, which accounts for a large proportion of the population. From an industrial perspective, it is due to the root causes of China's economy, such as foreign trade, coastal, soft consumption, and blood-sucking, which have led to the consequences of insufficient domestic demand.
Foreign trade economy refers to the economic model in which foreign trade plays a dominant role in the national economy. In 2007, due to inconsistent statistical calibers, China's economic dependence on foreign countries was as high as 60% in some statistics and 40% in others. Even as low as 40%, it was still a very high level in the world. With China’s current huge export and import volumes, no one denies the seriousness of China’s economic dependence on foreign countries. What is the reason for such a high import and export volume? This is because since the so-called reform and opening up, the reform has opened up the closed-door economic model, decided to participate in the world economy, and entered the wave of economic globalization. It is true that the establishment of wholly foreign-owned enterprises, Sino-foreign joint ventures, and Sino-foreign cooperative enterprises has not only introduced capital, technology, equipment, and management, but also expanded the overseas market of Chinese goods, supported hundreds of millions of people with their wages, and promoted the development of the economy. Political and cultural communication between China and foreign countries is of great benefit. But "misfortunes depend on blessings", and the disadvantages are becoming more and more obvious and serious. The foreign trade economy has a very serious negative impact on China's politics, economy, society, and environment. This is reflected in the following: First, some people actually act as compradors for multinational companies and go all out to assist foreign capitalists in exploiting and oppressing Chinese workers. This is reflected in the fact that companies with foreign bosses have suppressed the organization and activities of trade unions and suppressed workers' controversial protests. The wages are low and the benefits are poor, so they are called "sweatshops". Tens of millions of migrant workers are "Peacock Southeast". "Fly", but not much of their income can be remitted back to their hometown; secondly, foreign-funded enterprises regard their enterprises in China as a paradise for labor-intensive enterprises, a garbage dump that releases pollution, and a straw that consumes high energy resources. Therefore, such foreign-funded enterprises with high energy consumption, high pollution, low wages, and low benefits do little good to China but do great harm to China. They sacrifice short-term interests at the expense of the long-term interests of the nation; thirdly, although some people in China are hot-headed and claim to be the "world's factory", However, the benefits that can be obtained from the large number of commodities exported by China are very disproportionate to the huge amount of exports. First, some private and foreign bosses, second, sales are in the hands of foreigners, and third, China often achieves only a fraction of the hard work. Fourth, the foreign exchange reserves accumulated by the foreign trade economy have shrunk rapidly due to the rapid depreciation of the US dollar, and serious investment losses have also occurred due to poor management and investment of US dollar reserves. The interactive relationship between foreign trade economy and insufficient domestic demand is reflected in the following: first, the income from import and export is basically obtained by officials and businessmen, while the people are only employed in low-paying jobs; second, it seriously pollutes China's environment and consumes a large amount of China's energy, minerals, and arable land in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and Bohai Delta have basically disappeared; third, some government officials and businessmen have fallen into comprador status for capitalists, which has added external unfavorable factors to the realization of China's legal system and institutionalization.
Coastal economy means that the coastal economy occupies a dominant position compared with the inland economy. Since the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the 14 open cities along the coast, the convenient geographical location and preferential policies have led to the prosperity of the coastal arc belt and the decline of the inland. The Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan region, the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Suzhou region, and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Pearl region account for 10% of China's area, 20% of China's population, and 70% of China's economy. The imbalance between the coastal and inland economies can be clearly seen from the ratio of area, population, and economy. Don't say that the global village can be divided into "three worlds". In fact, China can be divided into "three worlds". Due to economic reasons, China already has developed China, moderately developed China and underdeveloped China. Scholars even divide China's rural areas into "four types of rural areas." The coastal areas, which account for 70% of GDP, basically account for 70% of the country's natural investment, production and consumption. The rich coastal local governments and the bankrupt and deficit inland local governments are the reality of China at the same time. The extravagant consumption of rich people who are "poor and only have money" is shocking in Shenzhen, Shanghai and the capital. There are skyscrapers in coastal cities that put Western developed countries to shame, and there are also the humble dwellings of poor people in the interior that make African countries look down on them. The central and western regions, which account for 90% of the area and 80% of the population, only consume 30% of the national income. At the same time, there are urban-rural differences and class differences just like the coastal areas. Therefore, ordinary people in the vast region lament that education, medical care, and housing are "three-star". "Dashan" is not just moaning for nothing.
Soft consumption economy refers to the fact that, except for the reinvestment part, most of the national income is not used for "hard consumption" to improve the people's basic living standards, but for "soft consumption" other than basic living standards. ". The so-called hard consumption refers to the national consumption of food, clothing, use, housing, transportation, etc.; soft consumption refers to consumption in the leisure industry, entertainment industry, education industry, medicine industry, etc. Consumption in the leisure and entertainment industries is mainly official and business consumption. The implicit annotation of this type of consumption is unfairness and unfairness in income. Its economic impact is a cause-and-effect relationship with unfairness in income, including a large component of The "cost of corruption" has reduced the investment capacity of the Chinese economy as a whole; soft consumption such as education and medical care is mainly due to the lack of money in people's pockets, which has taken away hard consumption that could have been used to improve their lives.
The prosperity of the leisure industry and entertainment industry is the result of the joint promotion of government and businessmen, while the high wages in the education and medical industry are due to the government's unwillingness to spend money to allow the people to obtain fair and reasonable education and medical care, while allowing teachers and doctors to The brightest profession under the sun has polluted the bloody copper stench. People with low incomes are overwhelmed by high education, medical, and housing expenses. They have to scrimp on food and clothing, save money, and be discharged from the hospital without being diagnosed. They dare not consume, which makes the savings rate far behind in the world. Leading, this is also the pros and cons of a coin with the consumption rate ranking lowest in the world. Americans use 100% of their income for immediate consumption and a large amount of advanced consumption. This shows that Americans have confidence in their country's economy, society, and politics. However, the Chinese use 40%-60% of their income for savings. This does not mean that Americans use 40%-60% of their income for savings. Chinese people are naturally frugal, but contemporary China, like ancient China, has high political, economic, and social risks and severe worries.
A blood-sucking economy refers to a country’s prosperous economic sectors, those industrial sectors that devour national income and occupy a dominant position in the economy. The blood-sucking economic sectors are the real estate industry first, the highway industry second, and the performance engineering industry third. The prosperity of the real estate industry is due to the fact that the current fiscal system forces good people into prostitution and forces local governments to implement "land finance", forming an "iron triangle" of governments, banks, real estate developers, and raising land prices, loan rates, and housing prices. In the past 20 years, China's urban areas have It has expanded several times, and urbanization in terms of population has increased by approximately 10%. This has not only turned mortgage buyers into "housing slaves" sucking their blood, but also cut the muscles of the motherland. The superficial prosperity of China's economy is reflected in the huge appetite of the construction industry. China consumes a large proportion of the world's steel bars, cement, wood, aluminum, glass, and ceramic products, and these products cannot be eaten or worn. They are the bones and nerves that make up a "vampire". Generally speaking, the construction of expressways is a basic engineering construction and a necessity for the national economy. However, even good things may become "thick and black" in China. The reason why expressways are so popular is that Because there is huge room for bribery during the construction process, and huge profits can be made once and for all in the name of "borrowing money to build roads and paying fees to pay back the loans". For those local governments that are bankrupt (in the sense of "insolvent") and for those governments that are running deficits, its significance mainly lies in the responsible leadership team, as long as it can improve its reputation and broaden its prospects for promotion. There is no need to consider whether the channel is in debt or whether it is a "blessing". However, once the groundbreaking ceremony is held, money will be thrown out in large quantities, which often has nothing to do with people's livelihood. Of course, political achievement projects include those grand, luxurious, and extravagant office buildings. If there is no connection between spending money and changing seats, then the secretary must be crazy, right?
We are not against opening up to the outside world. What we are against is the colonial and comprador nature of the foreign trade economy. We are not against the rapid development of the coastal economy. What we criticize is the imbalance between the east and west regions. We are not against the development of consumer industries. What we are opposed to is the expansion of the upper class’s enjoyment consumption while the lower class’s basic consumption is shrinking; we are not opposed to public construction projects, but what we are opposed to is the squeeze and predatory nature of this industry.
Then, we need to balance foreign trade and domestic demand, balance regional development, balance class interests, reasonably adjust and balance the needs of the party, government, business and people, and achieve the goals that are placed on the path forward for China’s economy. Removing roadblocks and stumbling blocks is the key to the main problem of China's economic development, "insufficient domestic demand." One of the important decisions, which can also be national policy recommendations, is to start building the integrity of the Chinese people with the enthusiasm for building special economic zones, the courage to build coastal industries, the enthusiasm for building highways, and the wisdom of building achievement projects. and supporting social security system.
Through the government's second allocation, we can put more money in the hands of the people and free them from the nightmare of worries. Only then can we revitalize the national economy and bid farewell to the current unsustainable economic model.