Political Economy Tutorial (Sixth Edition)

Author: Song Tao, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The first edition of "Political Economy Teaching Material" was commissioned by the Department of Political Education of the Ministry of Education and the University Work Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1981, and was compiled by the Department of Economics of Renmin University of China. Renowned economics professor Song Tao served as the editor-in-chief, serving as a teaching material for higher education institutions' Marxist theory courses and finance and economics majors. The book was first published in March 1982 and has been published in five editions to date. The first edition of "Political Economy Teaching Material" was commissioned by the Department of Political Education of the Ministry of Education and the University Work Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1981, and was compiled by the Department of Economics of Renmin University of China. Renowned economics professor Song Tao served as the editor-in-chief, serving as a teaching material for higher education institutions' Marxist theory courses and finance and economics majors. The book was first published in March 1982 and has been published in five editions to date. The book emphasizes the analysis of the fundamental theories of Marxist political economy, focusing on elucidating the laws of socio-economic development. It features a complete theoretical system, a rational structure, and clear key points. The book emphasizes the combination of theory and practice, discussing new issues in China's socialist modernization and reform and opening-up, as well as the new characteristics and changes in contemporary capitalist economies. The sixth edition of the book was comprehensively revised in line with the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, adding substantial new content on contemporary state-monopoly capitalism, economic globalization, and international economic relations. Particularly in the sixth edition, the section on the socialist economic system focuses on building socialism with Chinese characteristics, providing in-depth analysis and discussion on comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, adhering to and improving the basic socialist economic system, establishing and improving the socialist market economy system, and deepening China's economic system reform. The book unifies scientificity, theoretical depth, and practical relevance, as well as theoretical and teaching systems, making it suitable as a teaching material for higher education institutions, adult education colleges, various levels of party schools, and training programs for government and party cadres.