The Spread of Western Features and Influence Economics in China： （1840-1949）

The spread of Western economics in modern China is a content-rich historical event which has taken more than a century. A complete understanding of this event depends on the analysis and summary of its features. This paper suggests that the spread of Western economics in modern China exhibits five main features： openness, periodicity, applicability, localization and limitation. Openness reflects the active attitude of Chinese scholars to learning and propagating Western economics. Periodicity reflects the changes in its effectiveness and focus over time. Applicability reflects its goal of promoting the development of Chinese economics and providing policy applications for China＇s economic growth. Localization of Western economic theories in China follows the trend of selected introduction and modification according to local situations. And limitation is inevitable because of the many difficulties facing the spread of Western economics during early modern times. Furthermore, this spread has a profound impact on China which is embodied in its features： it promotes the establishment of Chinese modern economics, provides appropriate examples for the modernization and evolution of Chinese society, and promotes transformation of the traditional economic system in China.

近代中国工业化思想形成发展的外在动力和内在演化——基于涵化视角的考察

近代以来,西方工业经济思想的传播对中国经济思想和社会的发展起到了重要作用,而以往研究缺乏对这一思想传播的系统梳理。文章在研究该思想的传播过程、内容和特点的基础上,首次借用人类社会学中的涵化研究方法,探讨了西方工业经济思想传播与中国工业化思想产生和转型的关系。文章认为,西方工业经济思想的引入直接促使中国产生了工业化思想,并最终因其研究内容的局限而使近代末期中国工业化思想的演化路径发生转型。经济理论发展的一个重要动因在于其不断追求与经济现实的相互匹配,这是构建中国经济学的方向。