Chinese soybean consumption depended on import in a great extent before entering WTO because that the growth rate of consumption was far greater than the growth rate of production.

但由于消费增长速度远远大于生产增长速度，加入WTO前，我国大豆消费就在很大程度上依赖进口。

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Electricity consumption, the newspaper reports, soared by 15% in 2010. That was a big jump from the 2009 growth rate of 7%.

据报道，2010年电力消耗的增速高达15%，比2009年7%的增速高出许多。

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If the Chinese economy was the biggest beneficiary of excess US consumption growth, it is likely also to be the biggest victim of a rising US savings rate.

如果中国经济是美国消费过度增长的最大受益者，那么中国也可能成为美国储蓄率上升的最大受害者。

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Over the last decade, it says in its most recent annual filing, consumption here has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 7%.

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