中国区域经济学开创者刘再兴先生学术思想回顾

Review on the Contribution to China's Regional Studies by Prof. Liu Zaixing

中国人民大学区域经济与城市管理研究所已故教授刘再兴先生(1926—1999年),是中国经济地理学的代表性学者,也是中国区域经济学的重要开创者。刘再兴先生自20世纪50年代起便从事经济地理,特别是工业布局的研究,改革开放后在经济地理学和区域经济学领域进行过广泛的探索,他在中国经济地理学性质、中国经济区划、地区差距和西部发展、生产分布规律、中国国土规划等问题上均有领先研究,并率先提出空间推移"主导论"思想。在长期的教学和研究过程中,刘再兴先生形成了丰富的学术思想,对中国经济地理和区域经济领域产生了重大影响,对中国区域经济学的发展起到了重要推动作用。

Liu Zaixing（1926-1999）,the late professor at Inst. of Regional Economics and Urban Management, RenminUniversity of China, was one of the representative scholars in economic geography and the pioneer in regionaleconomy studies in China during 1950＇s to 1990＇s. Prof. Liu Zaixing worked in economic geography especially inindustrial location studies since 1950＇s, furthermore in economic geography and regional economics since late 1970＇s.He had leading researches on the nature of China＇s economic geography, zoning of economic activities, regionaldisparities, western region development, rule of industrial distribution and territorial plan. Besides, he proposed the＂domination theory＂about spatial transfer process. During the long time teaching and research experiences, he hadgreat contribution to economic geography and regional economics in China and which should be reviewed andmemorized.