After more than two decades of headlong rush to transform China from an autarkic centrally planned economy into a limited open-market economy， Hu is now leading a nation in the midst of fateful debates about the most effective and balanced route toward a modern harmonious socialist society.Autarky has never been voluntary Chinese policy under socialism but rather an externally imposed sanction of the Cold War.

　　经过二十多年的冲锋陷阵，中国从一个自给自足的中央计划经济进入有限公开市场经济,国家主席正在领导国家走向最有效的、平衡的现代社会主义和谐社会路线的重大辩论中。自给自足从来不是中国在社会主义中自愿的政策而是一个外部强加的冷战制裁。