Market Economy Tutorial (Second Edition)

Author: Bai Yongxiu, Wang Junqi, Editors
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: As an undergraduate textbook, The Market Economy Course is too voluminous and overly difficult; as a graduate textbook, it appears too superficial and lacks forward momentum. Considering that in the two years since the publication of The Market Economy Course, China's market economy has made rapid progress, and the development of market economy systems has become increasingly mature. With the strategic task of building a harmonious socialist society brought back to the agenda, we have consulted with the publisher and decided to split The Market Economy Course into two parts: The Market Economy Course will retain its original title and ISBN and will be dedicated to junior college and undergraduate students; Socialist Market Economy: Theory and Practice will be dedicated to MBA and graduate students. The volume of the former has been significantly reduced, from 22 chapters to 14, focusing on introducing the basic concepts and principles of the market economy that junior college and undergraduate students should master. The latter emphasizes the discussion of cutting-edge issues in the market economy, with efforts made in depth, breadth, and practical application. This design aims to achieve a clearer market positioning and better facilitate teaching. Unlike the first edition, the second edition includes new data, adds content on "the stage of improving the theory of socialist market economy" and "building a harmonious socialist society," and supplements nearly all chapters with new research findings from the economics community in the past two years and new developments in the Party's theory of market economy from the Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the Sixteenth Central Committee. Some chapters have undergone significant structural adjustments, incorporating new concepts and formulations. Additionally, to facilitate teaching, we have created multimedia teaching materials for The Market Economy Course and have made them available for download by university colleagues on the website of the China Renmin University Press.