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Numbers in Articles about Economy 中国经济发展出现了高增长、低通胀的新局面。国民经济继续快速增长，市场物价基本稳定。 China’s economic development has entered a new stage which is characteristically one of high growth and low inflation. The national economy continues to grow rapidly and market prices remain basically stable. 据统计，去年我国国内生产总值完成74，772亿元（9008.7亿美元），比去年增长8.8%，其中，第一产业增长3.5%，第二产业增长10.8%，第三产业增长8.2%。 Statistics for the last year show that China’s gross domestic product （GDP） reached 7,477.2 billion yuan （US$900.87 billion）, an increase of 8.8 percent over the previous year, among which primary industry grew by 3.5%, secondary industry 10.8%, and tertiary industry 8.2%. 物价涨幅持续走低，全年商品零售价格总水平比去年上涨0.8%，居民销售价格上涨2.8%，涨幅分别比上年回落5.3和5.5个百分点。 The margin of price rise continued to fall. Retail prices rose by 0.8 percent, representing a drop of 5.3 percentage points compared to the year before, and consumer prices rose by 2.8 percent, 5.5 percentage points less than that of the previous year. 百分点是指不同时期以百分数的形式表示的相对指标(如：速度、指数、构成等)的变动幅度。例如：我国国内生产总值中，第一产业占的比重由1992年的23.8％下降到1993年的21.2％。我们可以说：国内生产总值中，第一产业占的比重，1993年比1992年下降2.6个百分点，即就是21.2-23.8＝-2.6，但不能说下降2.6％。 经济增长方式转变取得了进展，经济效益有所提高，每万元国内生产总值能源消耗比上年降低了5.2%。 Progress has been made in shifting the mode of economic growth. Economic efficiency improved, with the energy consumed for each 10,000 yuan of GDP decreasing by 5.2 percent compared to the level of the year before. 农业继续增长。在北方大面积干旱的情况下，全国粮食产量仍达到49，250万吨。国家粮食库存达到历史最高水平。棉花产量430万吨。 Agriculture was further strengthened. Despite droughts in a large part of north China, grain output reached 492.5 million tons. The state grain reserves hit a record high. Cotton output was 4.3 million tons. 肉类和水产品总产量分别为5，354万吨和3，561万吨。畜牧和水产养殖业已成为农村经济的增长点和农民增加收入的重要来源。乡镇企业增加值达到18，000亿元（2，168.7亿美元）。 The total output of meat came to 53.54 million tons and aquatic products to 35.61 million tons. Animal husbandry and aquaculture have become significant points for rural economic growth and a major source of the increase in farmers’ income