拉美也出现了“小龙”

Latin America:"Small Dragons"Emerging As Well

拉美国家在克服80年代的经济危机中,相继对经济发展战略和政策作了重大调整,并取得一定成果,其中智利、墨西哥、委内瑞拉和哥伦比亚较为突出,获“拉美四小龙”之称。这四国的发展已引起世人的关注。

In overcoming their economic crisis by the Latin American countries in the 1980s, the performance of Chile, Mexico, Venezuela and Columbia is outstanding particularly, and they have enjoyed a fame of so called'Four small dragons'. Their common experiences are as follows: (1) Transforming developing stratigies in time, promoting its outside-oriented economies, and participating in international competition actively; (2) Readjusting foreign trade policies. opening their internal markets, devoting major efforts to promoting export, and taking foreign trade as dynamics of economic growth; (3) Changing the structure of single-product, diversifing the exportedproduts; (4) Relaxing the restrictions to foreign funds, improving the investment environment, so as to attract economic development funds and new, high technology; (5) Striving to carry out privatization, reducing the intervention of government; (6) Keeping political stability as the basic guarantee of economic development. The enlightment acquired from the economic development of the above four countries is: Seizing opportunity, deepening reform, connecting the economic development with the solution of social problems, and maintaining a stable social environment.