论后发优势与跨越式发展

On Advantage in Postponement and Development by Leaps

后发优势是落后的发展中国家在实现工业化、现代化过程中所拥有的特殊优势 ,与其经济上落后性共生 ;要把潜在优势转化为现实优势必须具备一定的条件 ;社会生产力的跨越式发展是落后国家和地区追赶先进国家和地区的必由之路 ;后发优势不等于跨越式发展 ,前者只是后者的必要条件而不是充分条件 ;发挥后发优势 ,实现跨越式发展必须因地制宜 ,结合地区、部门、行业的特点 ,不能脱离实际 ,盲目发展。

Advantage in postponement is a special privilege of developing countries in the course of industrialization and modernization, an advantage that is granted by the fact that these countries are lagging behind. However, these countries have to meet certain requirements before they can turn this potential advantage to reality. The development of social productivity by leaps is a sure way for these countries to catch up. However, the advantage in postponement, the author maintains, is not just an equivalence of development by leaps. The former merely serve as a pre-requisite, though not the only one, for development. Therefore, it is important that suitable strategies be adapted to meet the demand of particular circumstances of various areas, different departments, individual occupations and so on. The author warns that actions that are rash or unfit to the reality must be avoided.