History of New China's Trade Thought

Author: Qian Shiming
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Publish Date: 1999-09-01
Features: The development history of Chinese economic thought is similar to the development history of the Chinese nation itself, having gone through a long, winding yet ever-vibrant journey. It includes both the brilliant achievements that continuously enrich the treasure trove of economic thought and outdated concepts that hinder social and economic progress. There are also the resilience and innovative spirit that reflect the rise from adversity. Our millennia-long uninterrupted historical records (including written historical materials and archaeological artifacts) have been excavated, sorted, and compiled by generations of scholars, and compared with research achievements in similar fields abroad. This indicates that before the 17th century, roughly during the era before the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the level of ancient Chinese economic thought had consistently been at the forefront of world economic thought for about three thousand years, with distinct national characteristics.