The Last 33 Years of Ma Yinchu

Author: Peng Hua
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The basic spirit of our economic policy is what Chairman Mao said, "Develop production, prosper the economy, balance public and private interests, and benefit both labor and capital," plus "mutual assistance between urban and rural areas and exchange between the inside and outside." The fundamental reason for the bankruptcy of rural China is indeed that the Chinese people have too strong a sense of family and too weak a sense of national identity. From the activity of human reproduction, we can establish the program of human evolution; from the activity of human production, we can grasp the trend of the development of living standards. Guo Moruo: You, Ma Yinchu, are a solid and unyielding "copper nut," impossible to steam, boil, or crack. The basic spirit of our economic policy is what Chairman Mao said, "Develop production, prosper the economy, balance public and private interests, and benefit both labor and capital," plus "mutual assistance between urban and rural areas and exchange between the inside and outside." The fundamental reason for the bankruptcy of rural China is indeed that the Chinese people have too strong a sense of family and too weak a sense of national identity. From the activity of human reproduction, we can establish the program of human evolution; from the activity of human production, we can grasp the trend of the development of living standards. Guo Moruo: You, Ma Yinchu, are a solid and unyielding "copper nut," impossible to steam, boil, or crack. He completed his studies from Yale University to Columbia University, becoming a world-renowned economist. From the president of Zhejiang University to the president of Peking University, he became a renowned educator with "students and disciples all over the world." During the Liberation War, the public opinion circles believed that the reputation and status of Ma Yinchu, the esteemed scholar, in the field of Chinese economics today could be compared to that of the literary giant Lu Xun in the past.