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中国主要刺激经济方案是利用新交通网络活化中部经济。总理温家宝曾说：「中部通，则全国通；中部活，则满盘活。」中部重点六省是湖南、湖北、江 西、河南、安徽与山西。六省中的九城又以湖北省武汉最为瞩目。河南和安徽是中国农村教会的根据地，由于年轻人到城市工作，农村教会渐趋没落。在面对交通网 络系统改善及随之而来的繁荣的同时，我们祷告农村教会不至随物质主义漂流，反能以敬虔、信德鼓舞并为其他省份树立典范。

The key piece of the Chinese economic stimulus plan is revitalizing central China with a new transportation network. "If Central China is connected, the whole country is connected; if it is revitalized, the entire nation is revitalized," said the Chinese Premier. Central China includes these 6 provinces: Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Henan, Anhui and Shangxi. Nine cities are considered key development points, Wuhan, which is in Hubei, is the most prominent. Henan and Anhui are the bastion of Chinese rural churches. Churches have suffered a decline as the young people leave for work in the cities. We pray, as the prosperity comes with the improved trasportation system, that rural churches will be prepared and not be swept away by materialism, but instead be a great source of encouragement and inspiration to other provinces.