The Chinese economy has been growing briskly for more than two decades and is changing the global economic pattern forcefully and rapidly.

It seems that the world was ill-prepared for the dramatic changes in China. This makes it all the more necessary for China to know herself and the world better, while the world needs to understand China. Thus, it has become an international trend to study China and to explore the global meaning of the China phenomenon. However, despite the fact that learning Chinese as a foreign language is in vogue throughout the world, few foreigners can read Chinese articles without difficulty. China Economist, therefore, comes in handy for our foreign readers as an English periodical that focuses on economics and business management as well as on other fields of social sciences in China.

Specially, China Economist takes it upon itself to inform the world of the latest academic progress in Chinese economics and business management, to publish original academic papers and research reports on the Chinese economy, and to disseminate China’s experience in economic development and corporate governance as well as the results of empirical studies in these fields.