EDITORIAL

摘要

Burst of the economic bubble has made the U.S. economy melt down, which escalated into a chain reaction and global economic downturn. Under such difficult conditions, China has still sustained high growth rates and, what is more, China has even alleviated the effects of the economic crisis. If this economic growth keeps up for the next 20 years, in 2030 the per capita national income of China will be the same as that in USA now. It is horrifying to imagine what would happen then. The USA today eats up many resources and, if China in 2030 does the same thing, resources such as paper would drain and might cause extermination of the forests. Regarding the food problem, consumption of meat would get larger and larger, and a huge demand of grain would occur at the same time. This would have a large scale influence on world agricultural trade.