To economists, China overtaking Japan as the world's second largest economy in nominal terms is almost meaningless. ! M0 |3 {) R+ t, _3 ? 对经济学家来说,中国经济在面值上超越日本、成为全球第二大经济体几乎是没有意义的。 / w) A$ h& B) z In more economically important purchasing power terms China overtook Japan almost a decade ago, and the exact moment when China's nominal US dollar gross domestic product surpasses Japan's has a lot to do with exchange rates and technical statistical revisions. 9 _1 H D3 F0 D# f& o; }" | 用经济上更重要的购买力指标来衡量,中国几乎在10年前就已超越日本,而按美元计算的中国国内生产总值(GDP)面值超越日本的精确时刻,在很大程度上与汇率和技术性的统计修正相关。