1998年3月,中国总理朱镕基宣布在全国范围内进行房改。自那以后,私房所有者逐渐变成了中国经济中的一支庞大力量。个人购房现在已占到全国住房购买力的80%～90%,从而推翻了下述荒谬的说法:中国人太穷买不起房子或不愿意花钱买厉。中国大力推进的房产私有化改革很可能产生超越经济的影响。它肯定将使普通中国人与他们所在社区之间的关系更为深 In March 1998, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji announced a nationwide housing reform. Since then, private-ownership owners have gradually become a huge force in China’s economy. Individual housing now accounts for 80% to 90% of the national purchasing power of housing, thus overturning the absurd argument that Chinese are too poor to buy a home or are reluctant to pay for it. The privatization of real estate in China, which is vigorously promoted, is likely to have an impact that surpasses the economy. It will surely deepen the relations between ordinary Chinese and their communities