This article discusses the characteristics of China’s economic development in 2008 and acknowledges the economic construction in the aspects of economic growth rate，CPI control，development quality improvement，and stable promotion of reform，fundamental community services and the improvement of the people’s living. Based on this，it is predicted that the annual GDP growth rate will be around 9.5% and the CPI will rise around 6%. Integrating the domestic and international environments，the favorable and unfavorable conditions，the author forecasts the economic development in 2009，and puts forward a proposal on the orientation of the macroeconomic control policy，points out making slight adjustments with the specific policies and measures to address new conditions and problems in the economic operation，keep the flexibility to respond to changes and strengthen the coordination of departments，thus forming a resultant force of policies.