Dialectics of Chinese Economy (Outline of Chinese Political Economy)

Author: Liu Yongji
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book is one of the four works on China's economic contradictions. The four books in this series, with the "Theme of Ideology Methodology—Basic Principles of Socialist Political Economy," provide a comprehensive overview of the world's economic contradictions and the development of political economy since modern times. They establish socialism as the research ideology and focal point, form their own methodology, and clarify the research theme. Ideology, methodology, and theme are the basic elements of socialist political economy. This book systematically demonstrates the author's research achievements in these three fundamental aspects, with all its viewpoints being original. Particularly, it addresses the nature and principles of socialism, the systematic abstract method, the quality and skills of laborers, and their economic status, summarizing the author's overall perspective on socialist political economy.
The second book, "Democratic China and Legal Economy—Authority of Labor," offers a comprehensive exploration of China's economic contradictions and economic development and reform, serving as an extension of this book. The entire work is guided by the fundamental idea of the unity of economy and politics, where democracy is the political form of public ownership, and socialist legal systems are the internal mechanisms of a public ownership economy. It argues for the historical basis of China's economic contradictions, examines four aspects and two trends of modern China's economic contradictions, and offers insights on major issues such as system reform, state-owned enterprises, rural economy, structural adjustment, and international relations, concluding with "Unifying the Chinese Heart with Socialist Spirit."
The third book, "Civil Rights and State Ownership—Laborers as Owners on Reform," is a comprehensive expansion of the section on state-owned enterprises in the second book and a focused argument on this core issue affecting modern China's economic contradictions and development. This book has been conceptualized for over a decade, with plans proposed in 1989, and its viewpoints and ideas have been fully formed, with most of the material collected. Its premise is the new definition of the nature and principles of socialism, as well as the specific unity of public ownership and democracy. The core lies in defining the main contradiction of state-owned enterprises—the relationship between ownership and possession rights—leading to an analysis of the contradictions within the rights system of state-owned enterprises. It further argues for the principles of state-owned enterprise reform: ensuring laborers' ownership rights through democratic and legal systems, restricting the institutions that exercise possession rights and the operators who exercise management rights, and strengthening the oversight power of law enforcement and judicial bodies. The book will systematically elaborate on the new idea that the possession rights of state-owned enterprises should be exercised by a special committee established by the People's Congress, while the government only exercises management rights.
The fourth book, "On China's Economic Contradictions," is a summary of this series and a systematic argument for Chinese socialist political economy. Here, it strives to define core concepts and several key concepts, constructing a system and conducting arguments based on the movement from abstraction to concreteness. This book is not only a conclusion of the series but also a summary of the author's decades of research achievements. Therefore, it will concentrate time and effort to ensure clear concepts and rigorous arguments. The key and difficulty lie in defining and arguing the core concept that summarizes China's main economic contradictions, as well as the subject concepts that generalize each level of contradictions.