Historical Root,Evolutionary Path and Innovative Potential of the Modern Chinese Market Economy Civilization
At the meeting on cultural inheritance and development held in Beijing on June 2nd,2023,President Xi Jinping high-lighted that the profound Chinese culture of the Chinese nation has a long and rich history.And it is impossible to understand an-cient China,let alone modem and future China,without an understanding of China's long-standing historical continuity.According to the guidance of the analysis paradigm of historical materialism,the Socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics,as the latest concentrated manifestation of the organic combination of the productive forces and the relations of production in contem-porary Chinese society,has been playing a significant role in the modem civilization of the Chinese nation.Since the Communist Party of China(CPC)'s initiative of"two combinations"has been the necessary approach to the construction of the modem civi-lization of the Chinese nation,the basic content of this work,from the perspective of economic history research,has been crys-tallized into the task of better developing the socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics,as well as establishing a complete socialist economy with Chinese characteristics by the way of"two combinations",especially the"second combina-tion"(i.e.,the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with the fine traditional Chinese cultural).In view of the fact that the transformation of the Chinese nation from a traditional civilization to a modem civilization is manifested at the economic level in the transition from a traditional economic form in which market transactions existed to a mod-em economic form centered on the modem market economy,this paper attempts to focus on the deep analysis of the different forms and characteristics of market in traditional and modem China.Specifically,this paper aims at examining the components of traditional Chinese market culture that are beneficial to the establishment and development of socialist market economy with Chi-nese characteristics,on which the modem civilization of the Chinese nation is based,so as to reveal the historical roots and evolu-tionary path of the market economy civilization of the Chinese nation.The study shows us that one of the key issues of economic transformation is to establish the legitimacy of economic development against the backdrop of the disintegration of the traditional moral order through the establishment of new values of modem"economism"(i.e.,the core values of modem"economism"dis-cussed in the paper include emphasizing on the central role of the economy sphere in modem society,taking economic rationality as the core spirit,and taking modem economic growth as the prominent goal),which reverses the non-market-oriented conscious-ness of micro-individuals as well as changes the non-economic orientation of the market to adapt better to the new trend of social-ization production and the inter-embeddedness of the market economy and various social spheres in modem society.Furthermore,the paper argues that the innovative space for building the modem market economy of Chinese modern civiliza-tion through the practical approach of"two combinations"lies in the following two aspects.Firstly,it should critically draw on all the advanced experiences of mankind in the construction of the market economy,and strive to avoid the potential drawbacks of the market economy.Secondly,it is necessary to develop both material civilization,represented by the new quality of productive forces,as well as spiritual civilization,which has the ultimate goal of achieving the all-round development of human beings,and to realize the synergistic development of both material and spiritual civilization,so as to build a solid economic foundation for the modem civilization of the Chinese nation.The potential marginal contributions of this paper are as follows.Firstly,this paper regards the historical development and transformation of the market form as a significant clue to the transformation of the Chinese civilization from the traditional form to the modem form at the level of economic development,which demonstrates convincingly the five outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization.Secondly,this paper lays stress on the historical roots of the construction and development of the market economy civilization of Chinese nation from the perspectives of the historical development of different market patterns,so as to re-flect the outstanding significance and unique value of"two combinations",especially the"second combination"in the construc-tion of Chinese modem civilization.Thirdly,this paper points out that the"second combination"has provided the socialist charac-teristics potential room for innovation in the terms of the relationship between the government and the market,the market con-sciousness and the tradition of transaction norms as well as the creative transformation of the traditional fine economic ethics.
Modern Chinese Market Economy CivilizationTraditional Market CultureSocialist Market Economy with Chinese Characteristics"Two Combinations"
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