2018年是可以载入马来西亚史册的一年，在第14届大选中，在野党联盟希望联盟战胜执政党联盟国民阵线，马来西亚独立61年来首次发生执政党更迭，前总理马哈蒂尔再次担任总理，“新马来西亚”如期而至。虽然新政府在民主、团结、透明等执政理念指导下在政治体制改革和民生等领域取得了一定成绩，但是受自然灾害、政府债务庞大等因素影响，马来西亚2018年的经济增速下降至4.74%，经济增速明显放缓。加之，新政府从大宗基础设施建设项目入手调整与一些重要经济伙伴的外交关系，在中美贸易摩擦加剧、世界经济增速放缓的背景下，马来西亚未来的经济发展存在更多变数，“新马来西亚”建设可谓任重道远。
The year 2018 could go down in history of Malaysia，in which Mahathir Mohamad led Pakatan Harapan got historical victory in the General Election and made the change of ruling party for the first time since Malaysia gained its independence. The new government with Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister again，have made achievements in the areas of political system reform and people’s livelihood，but the economic growth slowed down to 4.72% because of natural disasters，huge government debts and other factors. On the other hand，the new government have adjusted the diplomatic relations with some important economic partners by starting with major infrastructure construction projects，which reflects multiple variables in Malaysia’s development when trade frictions is intensifying between China and the United States and the whole world is facing to economic turndown.
