In 2003, he wrote the preface for Ba Shusong's "People in the Financial World", talking about the different roles of the three types of economists in "economic use".So far, nearly seven years have passed, and I have not written a preface to other people's books.A few days ago, Zhu Min, editor-in-chief of the New Economic Guide, told me that his book "What China's Economy Is Lacking" is about to be published, and I hope I can write a few words about it.He is also a colleague of the Development Research Center of the State Council, and as one of the interviewees of the book, I naturally agreed.

The title of the book "What China's Economy Is Lacking" is straightforward, and the questions are concise, practical, and enlightening.Undoubtedly, this is a question that everyone, from political leaders to the general public, wants to know the answer to, but it is by no means a single person's ability to answer it well.However, Zhu Min has the courage. He tries to organize the answers in his unique way of "answers", that is, he seeks them in face-to-face exchanges with wise men who may give partial answers. This top student from Peking University and Tsinghua University usually plays the role of the "uncrowned king" of financial media and young researchers, working tirelessly in the front line of economic management, honing his calm, mature and tenacious qualities.It is not only reflected in the eloquence in the interviews in this book, but also in the lines of the publications he runs.Different from many media practices that pursue fashion, he can focus on those seemingly plain key issues, explain the profound things in simple terms, and calmly write rational and innovative articles, which are often inspiring.

In the context of China's internal and external imbalances in the current economic situation and the global financial crisis, Zhu Min, based on the authoritative platform of the Development Research Center of the State Council, has been carefully managing a editor-in-chief column called "High-end Interviews" in recent years. Top Chinese economists with different schools of thought and different backgrounds and outstanding overseas economists conduct in-depth intellectual collisions on a regular basis.In the face of various deficiencies in the Chinese economy, he has worked so hard and persevered to seek confirmation from economists one by one, sometimes arguing or even confronting, and thus distilled many wonderful insights.The dialogue style used in the column, not only does not conceal its academic value at all, but also strengthens the meaning of planning and communication effect.Borrowing the words of a financial magazine, it can be described as "lively yet composed, dignified yet witty, and easy to read".In fact, this column is also a research topic of Zhu Min at Peking University School of Economics. When preparing for this interview project, he was studying for a master's degree in finance at Weiming Lake; at the same time, in the past two years, he has also led another project called " For the brand project of "Researching China", it is necessary to conduct research and interviews in a regional economy or a central city on a regular basis almost every month.If so, if it is not carefully prepared and applied what you have learned, how can you insist on doing a good job in the dialogue column of economists and absorb so many insightful insights in the midst of intense and busy work?His perseverance and courage can be seen from this.

Today, this dialogue column has become a highlight of the New Economy Guide, and it has also become a brand of Zhu Min himself.From the reader's point of view, I very much appreciate the professional standards he has maintained for a long time in building this column: adhering to an objective and neutral standpoint, and absorbing various opinions from different academic schools and research backgrounds.Whether it is the selection and entry of topics, or the analysis and induction of conclusions, they all reflect their excellent basic skills and high professionalism.This is especially commendable and commendable in today's increasingly impetuous academic and financial circles.

Today, there are too many financial magazines and newspapers; too many forums and too many training courses.Too many publications and conferences are naturally a good thing for employment, tertiary industry, and GDP growth.However, from the perspective of professionalism and social efficiency, the marketing methods of beautifully printed paper publications are similar to those of various media, and similarly, the marketing platforms for marketing content are also the same, which makes people feel a little tired.While the content of the magazine teaches people to differentiate, the activity platform provided by itself is so undifferentiated.The edited articles and content, or the big topic but little content, moaning about nothing; Novelty, no independent thinking and insights.The current financial magazines really need to avoid impetuousness and flickering.In fact, a few good articles in a good financial magazine are enough.A good article does not lie in the shocking title, nor in the gorgeous language vocabulary.Financial and economic professional articles are different from popular and popular financial and economic articles, and also different from literary works.The writing style is ordinary, popular, short, the words are correct and concise, and the thinking is deep and innovative, which are the characteristics of a good article that is thought-provoking.This is a preface I wrote for Zhu Min, who runs a financial magazine, and I wrote it out of my feelings.

Before this book was published, it was heard that another title was contemplated: "The Great Solution".I think the word "jie" in it is well used, in place and expressive. "Solution" is obviously relative to "game" - as we know, contemporary economics pays more and more attention to game theory and its application. Many complex economic problems in the world, in essence, are games between countries and enterprises. The game, the game between government regulation and the market, and the game of capital are all like "chess games" to be solved, waiting for masters from all walks of life to come and play.China has been a country with a well-developed chess culture since ancient times, so that there is a metaphor of "everything in the world is like chess".

Dialogue with experts from different perspectives and seeking solutions is naturally the logical starting point for the birth of this book.Find the key path to solve the problem in the process of thinking collision. In this process, it should be like Zhu Min, who calmly let go of the so-called sectarianism that Chinese people have accumulated for a long time, and accepts wisdom, knowledge, Experience and understanding, only in this way, can find another way and enter a new path in a seemingly chaotic and unsolvable chess game.This is not only the significance of trying to "collision", but also the key to seeking a "solution".

Through rational and passionate dialogues with more than a dozen well-known economists at home and abroad, this book allows readers to start from a more three-dimensional level, multi-level in-depth, and multi-dimensional perspectives, and analyze some seemingly familiar, but often read and often new books. economic topics.Although it is difficult to fully reflect the overall picture of China's economy in the limited space, the comprehensive comparison and analysis in the book is enough to make people generate or restore a collective confidence in this economic world with many clues, namely: In fact, many problems often have "solutions", but before we can "solve the situation", we still need to go through the necessary arduous process, more analysis and communication, and more wisdom.

To be precise, I hope that after reading the entire book, readers will find that the opinions of the experts are different from each other, and that the wise see wisdom. I hope it can arouse your more thinking and enlightenment: How will the Chinese economy under the internal and external imbalances be resolved in a dynamic way? Bureau?How to carry out system innovation?How to take advantage of the momentum to rise in the game of great powers?If so, I think Zhu Min's goal of publishing this monograph has been achieved. Xia Bin (Counselor of the State Council of China, Director of the Finance Institute of the Development Research Center of the State Council, one of the three new external members of the Central Bank's Monetary Committee, Chairman of the China Chief Economist Forum, Dean of the National Economic Strategy Research Institute of Nankai University)