中国的进口一直增长迅速,但是在开放初期,进口增长稍快于出口,到上世纪90年代之后,进口增长则滞后于出口。从1978年到1993年,从总体上看中国的进口增长多于和快于出口。在这16年中进口增长快于出口的年份有9年。这一时期进出口的年均增长速度分别为 China’s imports have been growing rapidly, but in the early days of opening up imports grew slightly faster than exports, and by the 1990s the import growth lagged behind that of exports. From 1978 to 1993, China’s import growth generally exceeded and exceeded that of exports. In these 16 years, imports have been growing faster than exports for 9 years. The average annual growth rate of imports and exports during this period were respectively