改革开放以来，特别是党的十八大以来，中国经济建设和社会发展取得了举世瞩目的辉煌成就，中国稳居世界第二大经济体，探索出了一个不同于西方发达国家的经济发展模式。本书作者从不同的维度，借助一系列数据对中国发展涉及的不同领域进行解读，内容涵盖人们关心的经济增长、收入分配、物价、消费、投资、进出口、能源资源、金融、基础设施、社会福利、“一带一路”等，为读者描绘了一个更加直观、生动的中国经济图景。

贺耀敏，中国人民大学原副校长，教授、博士生导师。享受国务院“政府特殊津贴”专家。入选全国宣传文化系统“四个一批”经营管理人才工程，荣获中宣部和新闻出版总署“中国百名优秀出版企业家”“全国新闻出版行业领军人才”“第十二届韬奋出版奖”等。
先后承担国家和省部级重大、重点研究课题十余项，著有《中国经济史》《跨世纪的农业》《中国经济发展的轨迹》等著作，主编有《中国近现代经济史》《六十年国事纪要（经济卷）》《中国经济》（日文版）、《中华人民共和国史长编》等多部著作，发表论文近百篇。

Introduction
(1) Making the Most of China's System
Advantages
(2) The Miracle of China's GDP Growth
(3) The Miracle of China's Industrial
Structure Upgrade
(4) The Miracle of China's Further Opening-Up
(5) The Miracle of China's Much Bettered
Living Standards
1 Economic Growth: The Importance of GDP
(1) How Big Is China's Economy
(2) How Fast Is China's Economic Growth
(3) Why We Emphasize Economic Growth
(4) Where Does China's Per Capita GDP Stand
(5) What GDP Tells Us
(6) Why GDP Must Grow
(7) How Large Is China's Regional Gap
(8) Is China's Economic Growth Efficient
(9) Why We Must Reduce the Cost of China's Economic
Growth
2 Income Distribution: How Much Your Income Increased
(1) Income Level
(2) Income Distribution Ratio—How to
Balance the “Two Pockets”
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3 Price: At Reasonable Level
4 Consumption: Why Do We Make Money
5 Investment: How to Make Money Beget Money
6 Import and Export: Trade Interdependence for Mutual Benefits
7 Energy Resources: Top Life Necessity of "Firewood, Rice, Oil, and Salt
8 Finance: A High-End and Sophisticated Industry
9 Infrastructure: Underlying Structure to Support Daily Life
10 Social Welfare: Our Present and Future
11 The Belt and Road: New Start and New Opportunities