Dialogue with Famous Chinese Economists (Issue 5) Revised Edition

Author: Mao Zengyu (Editor) / Country:
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Introduction to Professor Gu Hai-liang Gu Hai-liang was born in Shanghai in 1951. From January 1978 to January 1982, he studied at the Department of Economics, Anhui University, earning a Bachelor's degree in Economics. From February 1982 to December 1984, he studied at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, earning a Master's degree in Economics. From December 1984 to February 1996, he engaged in teaching and research on the history of economic thought and the history of Marxism at the Institute of the Development History of Marxism-Leninism, Renmin University of China. He served as Deputy Director and Director of the Institute. In 1991, he was appointed as an Associate Professor; in May 1994, he was promoted to Professor and has served as a supervisor for Ph.D. students in economics ever since. In 1991, he received the "Outstanding Teacher Award" from Beijing Municipal Government; in 1994, he received the Baogang "Outstanding Teacher Award"; and in 1996, he received the "National Teaching Achievement Award" from the State Education Commission. In February 1996, he served as Deputy Director of the Office of the Academic Degrees Commission of the State Council and the Office of Graduate Education under the Ministry of Education. In July 1998, he served as Director of the Department of Social Sciences Research and Ideological and Political Work under the Ministry of Education. Since August 2002, he has served as Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuhan University. His academic positions include Member of the Academic Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Commission of the State Council for Theoretical Economics, President of the Society of the History of Marxist Economic Thought in China, Vice President of the China "Capital" Research Association, Vice President of the National Association for the Study of Scientific Socialism, Chairman of the Hubei Provincial Association of Social Sciences, and Vice Chairman of the Beijing Provincial Association of Social Sciences. His main academic works include: Thoughts on Marx's "Forty-Year-Old" (1993 edition by Renmin University of China Press, awarded the "Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Research Achievement Award" in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Beijing Universities in 1994, and praised by experts as "the first comprehensive work by Chinese scholars on this manuscript of Marx"), Deng Xiaoping's Economic Thought (edited, 1996 edition by China Economic Press, awarded the Second Prize of the Second National Humanities and Social Sciences Research Achievement Award of General Universities), The Historical Fate of Marxism (edited, 1996 edition by Jilin People's Publishing House), The Complete Work of the World Market (general editor, awarded the 1996 China Book Award, 1995 edition by China Big Press), Western Market Economy Models (1995 edition by People's Publishing House), Illustrated Capital (general writer, awarded the 1996 "Five-One Project" Award, 1995 edition by Jiangxi 21st Century Publishing House), Illustrated The Communist Manifesto (edited, 1998 edition by Jiangxi 21st Century Publishing House), On the Path of Marx's Economics (1997 edition by Hebei University Press), China in the 21st Century: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and the 21st Century (co-authored, 2000 edition by Anhui People's Publishing House), From Marx to Socialist Market Economy (co-authored with Zhang Lei-sheng, 2001 edition by Beijing Publishing House), The History and Reality of Marx's Labor Theory of Value (co-authored with Zhang Lei-sheng, 2002 edition by People's Publishing House). General planner and general writer of the 18-episode teaching film New Period's Banner - Deng Xiaoping Theory, which won the First National Audio-Visual Product Excellence Award. Published over 200 papers on the history and theory of Marxist economics, the theory and practice of socialist economy, and other related issues.
Introduction to Researcher Wang Zhenzhong Wang Zhenzhong (1949～): Researcher, Deputy Director, Doctoral Supervisor, Doctor of Economics, and recipient of the Government Special Allowance from the State Council. Born on June 22, 1949, in Donggou Village, Pingding County, Shanxi Province. In 1981, he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Beijing Economic College; in 1984, he obtained a Master's degree in Economics from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; and from 1989 to 1990, he served as a visiting scholar at the National Development Research Center, Australian National University. In 1991, he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In 1993, he served as Deputy Division-level Academic Secretary of the Economics Discipline Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Since 1994, he has served as Deputy Director of the Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief and Honorary President of Economic Dynamics, President of the China Economic Journal Association, Vice President of the Society of the History of Foreign Economic Thought in China, Vice President of the China "Capital" Research Association, Council Member of the China Western Research and Development Promotion Association, Council Member of the Comprehensive Development Institute (Shenzhen, China), Council Member of the International Exchange Promotion Association of Chinese Culture, Academic Committee Member of the China (Hainan) Reform and Development Research Institute, Secretary-General of the Guoguang Foundation, Executive Committee Member of the China Urban Development Research Fund, and Member of the China Local Gazetteers Guidance Committee. His main papers include: The Relationship between Domestic and International Prices, Economic Research, Issue 9, 1985; Changes in Exchange Rate Levels and the Development of Foreign Economy, Economic Research, Issue 4, 1986; Exploration on Monetary Convertibility in Opening-Up, Economic Research Materials, Issue 6, 1987; Theoretical Reflections on Overseas Direct Investment of Non-Excess Capital Countries, Economic Research Materials, Issue 5, 1991; Empirical Analysis and Reflections on China's Three Major Auto Joint Ventures, Economic Research Materials, Issue 2, 1992; Does Capital Really Have No Banner?, Reform, Issue 5, 1994; Control Problems in the "Grafting" Reform of State-Owned Enterprises, State-owned Assets Research, Issue 3, 1996; Several Issues in Strengthening the Discipline Construction of Political Economy, Economic Dynamics, Issue 10, 1999; An Economic Analysis of China's Current Drug Problem, Economic Research, Issue 6, 2000; Theoretical Reflections on Economic Globalization, Economic Dynamics, Issue 5, 2001; Several Issues in Deepening the Research on the Labor Theory of Value in Socialism, Economic Research, Issue 12, 2001; Several Issues in Correctly Interpreting China's Legal Documents after Accession to the WTO, Economic Dynamics, Issue 4, 2002; On the Academic Value and Development Basis of the Theory of Surplus Value, Economic Research, Issue 6, 2002. His main research reports include: Implementing Alternative Cultivation, Seeking International Aid, and Eliminating the Harm of Drugs to Humanity, China Social Sciences Academy Key Report, September 2, 1994; Performance and Deficiencies of the National "863 Program", China Social Sciences Academy Key Report (Information Special Report), March 28, 1996; Market Economy System and Regional Preferential Policies Can Coexist, China Social Sciences Academy Key Report, June 8, 1996; China Should Strive to Overcome the Situation of "Large Country, Small Role" in the Economic Cooperation of the Lancang-Mekong Subregion, China Social Sciences Academy Key Report, June 22, 1996; Proposal for the Establishment of the "1991 Regional Economic Cooperation Organization" to Promote Regional Economic Integration, Reference Document, Issue 2, 1998. His main works include: Economic Development Strategy of Hainan (co-authored, 1988 edition by Economic Management Press), Comparative Study of Economic Special Zones and Export Processing Zones, 1993 edition by Lujiang Press; From a Closed Economy to an Open Economy (co-authored, 1993 edition by Lujiang Press); China's Economy in the 21st Century (co-authored, 1995 edition by Economic Management Press); Thoughts of an Economist, 2001 edition by Guangdong Economic Press; Biographical Sketches of Nobel Prize-Winning Economists (edited, 2002 edition by Guangdong Economic Press); Economists Who Challenge the Nobel Prize, 2001 edition by China Economic Press; Political Economy Analysis of China's Transforming Economy (co-authored, 2002 edition by China Price Publishing House). (Note: The content of the dialogue with Researcher Wang Zhenzhong is referenced from Political Economy Research Report, Economist Tea House, and My Economic Essays.)
Introduction to Professor Lin Gang Lin Gang, born in 1952, is a Ph.D. in Economics. Vice President of Renmin University of China, Professor of the Department of Economics. Member of the Academic Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Commission of the State Council for Theoretical Economics. President of the China "Capital" Research Association. Vice Chairman of the Beijing Provincial Association of Social Sciences. National Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert. His main research fields include ownership theory, economic growth theory, economic system reform, and economic methodology. His main works include: Research on Socialist Public Ownership - An Analysis of an Economic Relationship and Process, 1987 edition by Qiushi Press, monograph; Coordinated Development in Coexistence and Competition, 1992 edition by Shaanxi People's Publishing House, monograph; Market-Oriented State-Owned Enterprise System (co-authored), 1994 edition by Shaanxi People's Publishing House, monograph; Growth Economics, 1993 edition by People's Publishing House, monograph; Marxism and Institutional Analysis, 2001 edition by Economic Science Press, "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" National Key Book; Two Paradigms of Property Rights Analysis, 2000, China Social Sciences Journal, paper; The Methodological Significance of Capital - Five Basic Propositions of Marxist Economic Methodology, 2000, Contemporary Economic Research, paper; North and Marx: A Comparison of Two Explanations of the Origin and Nature of Institutions, 2000, Economic Research, paper; North and Marx: A Comparison of Social Development and Institutional Change Dynamics, 2000, Journal of Renmin University of China, paper; North and Marx: Interpretation of the Theories of Institutional Change Paths, 2001, China Social Sciences, paper; Institutional Holism and Institutional Individualism - A Comparison of Marx's and the New Institutional Economics' Institutional Analysis Methods, 2001, Journal of Renmin University of China, paper. Awards: Received the Sun Yefang Economics Award in 1989 for participating in the National Institute of Reform Commission project "Planning of China's Economic System Reform"; won the National Teaching Achievement Award from the Ministry of Education in 1997.