The more that China's economy relies on the private sector and the less on pump-priming by the state, the faster it is likely to grow.

ECONOMIST: On a roll

China's official statistics show private consumption growing less quickly than the economy as a whole from 2001 to 2010.

ECONOMIST: At least one of China��s economic imbalances is narrowing

An associated reform of China's economy is the creation of more efficient (and ultimately safer and less polluting) means of private production, especially of food.

FORBES: Side Lines