Despite the recent setbacks, the bottom line is this: ten years ago, the total GDP of the ten leading regional economies was US$3,265 billion, today it is over US$7,000 billion.

• 尽管我们最近受了些挫折，但不争的事实是，十年前，区内十个主要经济体系的本地生产总值合计为三千二百六十五亿美元，今天，这个数字已超过七千亿美元。