Looking at the Nature and Direction of the Reform of State-Owned Enterprises  from the Basic Stipulation of Institution

Xie Lujiang

Abstract: In terms of the basic stipulations of the economic system and relations of production, and the development requirements of social productivity, the key of the reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is to solve the problem facing the existence and development of the public sector of the economy under the conditions of market economy. The reason why the reform of SOEs has become the central link in the market-oriented reform of China's economic system is that it is the key factor supporting the operation of China's basic economic system. The institutional stipulations of the basic economic system determine that the basic direction of the reform of SOEs is the marketized operation of the public sector of the economy, and also determines the long-term stability of the basic direction of the reform of SOEs. According to the requirement of the combination of the public ownership system and market economy, adhering to the target model of the reform of SOEs and deepening the reform of the SOE operation mode are the basic institutional arrangement orientation which must be grasped for deepening the reform of SOEs.

Keywords: the reform of SOEs, marketization, institutional stipulations, economic system reform, modern corporate system

謝魯江，中共中央黨校經濟學部教授、博導。研究方向為中國經濟體制改革、經濟轉型及結構調整。主要著作有《國企改革30年》《論現代公有制》《走向股份制》《西方經濟學》等。