几天前,美国前国务卿基辛格博士访华时说,中国政府和人民在前一阶段抗击冰雪灾害中所表现出的团结和努力给国际社会留下了深刻的印象。其实,这种印象与国际社会对中国的整体印象一脉相承:中国改革开放以来取得了惊人的成就,人民生活水平有了很大的提高。然而,令人遗憾的是,在有些地方,以经济建设为中心被理解成了唯经济建设中心,政府强势主导经济增长,荒废了社会治理的天职,刮发了诸多社会矛盾和冲突。这似乎是一个必然的结果:一味强调经济增长,从而伴生了形形色色的社会问题,导致高昂的社会成本。 Just days ago, when former U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger visited China, he said that the Chinese government and people have left a deep impression on the international community through their solidarity and efforts in the previous phase of fighting the snow storm. In fact, this impression is consistent with the international community’s overall impression of China. Amazing achievements have been made by China since the reform and opening up and the people’s living standards have greatly improved. Regrettably, however, in some places, taking economic construction as the center is understood as the only center of economic construction. The government dominates the economic growth and ruins the vocation of social governance. It has shattered many social conflicts and conflicts. This seems to be an inevitable result: blindly emphasizing economic growth, which has accompanied all kinds of social problems, resulting in high social costs.