“我们预计明年的经济工作很难做。”中国国家经贸委主任李荣融说,“911”事件对中国经济的中长期影响大于近期影响;间接影响大于直接影响。在2001年10月17日的亚太经合组织(APEC)会议中国筹委会举行的新闻发布会上,李荣融表示,“911”事件对中国经济所造成的影响到底有多大、 “We do not expect next year’s economic work to be very hard to do.” Li Rongrong, director of the Chinese State Economic and Trade Commission, said the “long-term impact of the” September 11 “incident on China’s economy was greater than the immediate impact; the indirect impact was greater than the direct impact. At a press conference held by the Chinese Preparatory Committee of the APEC meeting on October 17, 2001, Li Rongrong said that the ”911" incident had an impact on the Chinese economy in the end,