Journal of Financial Law: Issue 71, 2006

Author: Peking University Financial Law Research Center
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Publish Date: 2006-04-25
Features: The Review of Economic—Social History has finally been published. All those who have anticipated its birth, all those who have contributed to its creation, and all those engaged in economic—social history research or concerned with this discipline are delighted. Chinese historiography in the 21st century faces the profound historical transformations taking place in Chinese society and the various challenges posed by the global community centered on peace and development. The political, economic, and cultural construction of China's reality, as well as global peace and development, not only require Chinese historians to draw nourishment from the social, economic, and cultural lives of China and foreign countries in history but also increasingly demand that they absorb insights from the social lives of these societies. This is because the entire history and reality of humankind demonstrate that social life is not merely a microcosm or reflection of political, economic, and cultural aspects but has also continuously influenced them. Moreover, as modernization advances, its impact grows ever greater. What is even more significant is that the historical process of humankind so far has fully shown that the more advanced and developed political, economic, and cultural systems become, the more human life shifts toward the social dimension. The principle of a "small government, large society" in China's modernization process is a powerful testament to this.