5. The "China's Economic Responsibility Theory" reflected a trend of overestimating China's strength in recent years.

For foreigners, they often look at China based on their own experiences, which however are very limited. They certainly felt amazed and were in admiration when they saw more and more Chinese goods in supermarkets and more in-depth reports from media groups on China's rapid economic development, or when they had the chance to travel in China and saw the tall buildings and great mansions standing in big cities as well as the highways connecting to each other like a network.

Some of the surveys in the United States show that many Americans mistakenly believe that China's economic aggregation has surpassed the United States. Some of the foreign research institutes study China based on the statistics and data analysis under the Western social science system, which lacks in-depth research and is often separated from China's reality.

These observations toward China are all superficial, because they have only seen that changes in China over the past 30 years are faster than any country in history and ignore the fact that there are still many problems in China's development, which may not be expressed in figures. As China has a large population and a weak economic foundation, the development of China's urban and rural areas, as well as different regions, are not balanced.

The contrast between the environment and resource constraints is obvious, the pressure of social employment is very great and a considerable proportion of the population still cannot shake off poverty. China is still a developing country.

Without solving these problems, China can only do what her strengths allow. Therefore, it is impossible for China to assume responsibility that is beyond her ability.

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