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PREMIER ZHU’S PRESS CONFERENCE AT 4TH PLENARY SESSION OF 9TH NPC CHINESE AND ENGLISH(03/15/2001 BEIJING)【第一段】九届人大四次会议，今天下午举行最后一场记者招待会，也是最重要的一场记者招待会。我们是十分高兴地邀请到了朱镕基总理同采访大会的中外记者见面，并且回答大家关心的问题。This is the final press conference hosted by the Fourth Plenary Session of the Ninth National People’s Congress, and we have certainly saved the best until the last. Today we’re very delighted to have with us Premier Zhu, to meet with Chinese and foreign correspondents who have been covering this session , and he will also answer your questions.现在请朱镕基总理讲话Now I give the floor to Premier Zhu.我不想占用大家提问的宝贵时间，请大家直接提问题。谢谢！I hate to take up the precious time that you can use to pose questions. The floor is open.【第二段】总理您好，我是新华社记者任卫东。我们注意到您在这次会议的报告中提出，近期要继续实施积极的财政政策，请问您如何看待中国现在的财政赤字问题？如果再连续几年增发国债的话，财政风险会不会逐渐加大？会不会出现通货膨胀？谢谢I’m a correspondent with Xinhua News Agency.We have noticed that you have stated in the report that China will continue to pursue a proactive fiscal policy. What is your view about the current fiscal deficit? If additional treasury bonds are issued for a few more years will this entail more fiscal risk year after year, and will this lead to inflation?【第三段】１９９７年亚洲发生金融危机，中国经济也面临很大的困难，一个是外贸出口大幅度下降。１９９７年中国的出口增长了２０％，到１９９８年出口变成了零增长，以至于负增长。中国的中小金融机构发生了一些危机或者说挤兑，The Asian Financial Crisis broke out in 1997, and that presented China with lots of difficulties. For instance, our exports suffered a drastic decline. In 1997, our exports grew by 20 per cent from the previous year. However, after the crisis had broken out, in 1998, our foreign exports suffered a zero growth rate, or even a negative growth rate. And our small and medium-sized financial institutions also suffered all kinds of crises, like runs on the banks.中国的国有企业，一千万职工下岗，因为需求不足，开工不足，工业和农业的主要产品的生产力都供过于求，但是面临着这幺大的困难，究竟是采取什么对策呢？Because of the lack of demand and the under-capacity operation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs), 10 million workers in SOEs had to be laid off. Much of our industrial and agricultural production w