【正确答案】As I said earlier in the year, 2008 could be the most difficult year for China' s economy. We experienced heavy snow and sleet storms and the devastating earthquake and faced a complex and changing situation both at home and abroad. Yet, we have overcome difficulties one after another and maintained the momentum of steady and fast economic growth. In the first six months, the GDP grew by 10. 4% over the corresponding period of last year. Agriculture has enjoyed good development and summer crops have registered five consecutive years of increase. The demands for investment, consumption and export are growing in a more balanced way, and there is better coordination in economic development. With accelerated adjustment in the industrial structure, marked progress in energy conservation and emission reduction, and fairly rapid increase in fiscal revenue and business profits, the quality and efficiency of development have been further enhanced. More jobs have been created in urban areas, and urban and rural income continues to grow. The consumer price index has been coming down in recent months. In short, the economic fundamentals in China remain unchanged and the e-conomy is moving in the direction envisaged in the macro-economic control policy.