China economist.NO.2.May 2006

　　 the chinese economy has been growing briskly over the last two de-cades and more.it is also changing the global economic pattern forcefully and rapidly. 　　 it essms 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 and to explore the global meaning of the china phenomenon.however,despite the fact that learn-ing chineseas a foreign can read chinese articles without difficulty.chinaeconomist,therefore,comes in handy for our foreign readers as an en-glish periodical that focuses on economics and business management as well as on other fields of social sciences in china. 　　 specifically,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 resarch reports on the chinese economy,and to disseminate the chinese experiences in eco-nomic development and corporate governance as well as the results of em-pirical studies in these fields.