The General Theory of Eco-Social Science: The Theory and Road Map for Comprehensive Reform

By Jianfang Jin

The General Theory of Eco-Social Science has made fundamental changes to Social Science; it introduces five new theories to the field of humanities and social science.

ECO-ENTITYAn Entirely New Sociology
It lays out an all new system of ecological theory integrating the social and natural sciences. At its core is the new concept of the eco-entity, its roles and inner systems, its rules, operation laws and operating mechanism.

ECO-RESOURCESNew Philosophy and Management
It advances the concept of eco-resources, expanding to the social relations of human beings, and puts forth the new theories of the monist world outlook of eco-resources, the dichotomy between positive and negative eco-resources, and the strategic management of eco-resources, through which it reveals a new dimension to humanities and social sciences.

ECOLOGICAL SOCIETYA Brand New Political Science
It introduces the doctrine of an ecological society where the rule of law is replaced by the rule of organicism, and explains the operating principles and governance of the future ecological society.

ECO-ECONOMICSA New Economics
It demonstrates with flow charts the economic growth cycle. It depicts the laws of commodity value and eco-value. It stresses the organic inter-relations between the government and the market. The author systematically expounded the economic growth cycle, the starting point, the methods, the principles, the mechanisms and the formulas, in his eco-economy growth theory.

ECO -CURRENCYA Complete New Theory of Currency
It creates the new theory of Eco-currency, three basic attributes of currency and three major functions of currency. The author proposes a new eco-monetary policy: management of role currencies, or a visible hand in adjusting the economy. In addition, he also illustrates the elements of eco-currency, a new currency, in detail.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496947642

Jianfang Jin

Mr. Jianfang Jin, the author, received his B.A. in economics at one of China’s elite universities, Nankai University. Upon graduation, he was assigned to an administration and policy department of the Chinese State Council, where he was able to observe the overall political and e conomic developments in China. In 1985, he went to the U.S. on his own and earned a M.S. from Purdue University. Thereafter he engaged extensively in business in the U.S. and China, and was an eager student of the great social and economic changes occurring in the world in our times. Mr. Jin currently works as the CEO of a public company in Vancouver. Mr. Jianfang Jin is the director of the World Association of Eco-Social Science.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Section One The Eco-Entity

Chapter I Organisms And Eco-Entities

I. Organisms

II. Eco-entities

Chapter II Rules Of Organisms

I. The Rule of Need

II. The Rule of Vitality

III. The Rule of Competition

IV. The Rule of Adaptability

V. The Rule of Genetics and Variation

Chapter III Rules Of Eco-Entities

I. The Rule of Dependency

II. The Mutually Restraining Rule

III. The Rule of Order

IV. The Rule of Combination

V. The Rule of Conflict

VI. The Limiting Rule

VII. The Rule of Roles

Chapter IV Applying The Rule Of Roles In The Social Realm

I. Achieving Harmony and Stability While Pressing Forward

II. Properly Handle Inter-role and Intra-role Relations

III. Protecting the Fair Competition Mechanism

Chapter V Applying The Rule Of Roles In The Economic Realm

I. Economic Roles and Economic Relations

II. Economic Roles and Economic Operation

III. Dominant Role Players in Future Economy

Chapter VI Inner Systems Of Eco-Entities

I. Eco-entities and Ecosystems

II. Eco-inner Systems

III. New Realms, New Direction

Chapter VII Three Laws Of Eco-Entity Operation

I. Search for and Understanding of Eco-balance

II. Eco-entity Balance Law

III. Eco-entity Co-balance Law

IV. Eco-entity Re-balance Law

Chapter VIII Eco-Entity Operating Mechanisms

I. Stable Eco-entity Operating Mechanisms

II. Non-stable Eco-entity Operating Mechanisms

III. Formation of World Economy as Eco-entity

Section Two Ecological Society

Chapter IX New World, New Thinking

I. World Capitalism: The Road Travelled

II. Internal Contradictions in Capitalist Society

III. Basic Change in Social Form

IV. Overall Reform Demands New Thinking

Chapter X Governance And Operation Of Ecological Society

I. Rule of Rites, Rule of Law, and Rule of Organicism

II. The Organicist Theory of Eco-entity

III. Inspiration and Guidance Mode of Operation

IV. Orderly Competition Mode of Operation

V. Overall Co-balance Mode of Operation

SectIon Three Eco-Resources

Chapter XI Eco-Resources

I. Eco-resources

II. Eco-resources and Eco-entities

III. Eco-resources – Monist World Outlook

Chapter XII Dichotomy Between Positive And Negative Eco-Resources

I. The Principle of Objectivity

II. The Principle of Differentiation

III. The Cognitive Principle

IV. The Principle of Measurability

V. The Principle of the Dominant Factor

VI. The Difference Principle

VII. The Principle of Transformation

VIII. The Limiting Principle

IX. The Principle of Mutual Displacement

X. The Principle of Accumulation

Chapter XIII Strategic Management Of Eco-Resources

I. Guiding Principles

II. Formation of Strategy

III. Strategy Formulation

IV. Strategy Implementation

V. Strategy Control

VI. Case Study

Section Four Theory Of Ecological Economics

Chapter XIV Supply Resources And Demand Resources

I. Supply Resources and Demand Resources

II. Operating Mechanisms in Closed Type of Economies

III. Operating Mechanisms in Open Type Economies

IV. Other Types of Resource Operating Mechanisms

Chapter XV Commodity Value And The Law Of Value

I. Market Exchange Attributes of Commodities (Services)

II. Value of Commodities (Services)

III. Formation and Realization of Value

IV. Ecological Law of Value

Chapter XVI Organic Combination Of Government And The Market

I. Government and Market: An Organic Whole

II. Developing the Brain: Innovating Decision-making System

III. Building up the Body’s Resistance to Ward off Disease Market Mechanism Must Be Sound

IV. Moving the Limbs Slowly – Caution in Intervention

Chapter XVII Ecological Economy Growth Theory

I. Metabolic Resources and Proliferative Resources

II. Function of Proliferative Resources in Economic Growth

III. Primary Drive and Organicist Function of Economic Growth

Chapter XVIII Development Of The State Economic Entity

I. Development Strategy of the State Economic Entity

II. Focal Point of Developing a Country’s Economy

III. Market-Guided Economy of the Future

Section Five The Eco-Monetary Theory

Chapter XIX Basic Attributes Of Currency

I. Currency as a Measure of Value

II. The Credit Attribute of Currency

III. The Circulatory Attribute of Currency

Chapter XX The Primary Functions Of Currency

I. Function of Currency as Medium of Commodity Exchange

II. Function of Currency as Medium for Resource Allocation

III. Function of Currency as Medium to Promote Operation

Chapter XXI profitable currency and economic operation

I. Profitable Currencies I & II and Economic Operation

II. Profitable Currency III and Economic Operation

III. Profitable Currency IV and Economic Operation

IV. Profitable Currency and Issuance of Currency

Chapter XXII Currency Issue And The Global Economy

I. Objective Currency of the Post-USD Era

II. Tendency of Money Credit Becoming Eco-credit

III. Money Circulation Network

IV. Ascent of Eco-currency in the Global Economy

V. China’s Choice in the Post-USD Era

Explanation Of Terms

This book is

dedicated to

MY BELOVED GRANDFATHER

Baoshan Jin (P. Z. King), MD

Formerly: Beijing University Medical School Professor

President of the Chinese Medical Association

Pioneer of modern China public health and epidemic prevention

One of the Founders of World Health Organization (WHO)

YOU TAUGHT BY PRECEPT, EXAMPLE AND CREATION

AND

TO MY BELOVED MOTHER

DR. Yunhua Jin

Formerly Deputy Director, State Pharmaceutical Administration of China (SPAC)

Expert Consultant, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT LIGHTS MY WAY FORWARD

ALWAYS

Preface

Human society is entering yet another stage of major change. Industrial civilization is ending; ecological civilization is on the horizon

1. Fundamental change in production mode

A new mode of production came into being in the 1990s. New industries, casting aside the traditional mode of operation, were outsourcing manufacturing and certain portions of the R&D process. A global supply chain came into shape. Enterprises supplying famous brands of products shifted from a sales oriented focus, to a marketing and R&D centric approach, focusing on the management of consumer behaviors and market resources. This brought tremendous success. The capitalist production mode based mainly on industrial production was quietly changing. Dominance over social and economic development began to shift to the holders of market resources, or the marketing and sales companies. This demonstrates how the basis for the existence of world capitalism – the dominant position of industrial capital, is gradually disappearing.

Apple Computers of the U.S. in 1970-80 mainly operated by manufacturing and assembling its own computers. But faced with the challenge of strong competition, it became marginalized and gradually fell to the brink of bankruptcy. In the mid-1990’s, the company brought back Apple’s founder Steve Jobs and began a thorough reform of its operating system. It reinforced software development, new products R&D, and system integration. It utilized electronic components manufactured in Asia and Europe and outsourced the total assembling work to Chinese factories. At the same time, it built retail outlets for downloading music from the Internet and its own retail stores focused on marketing consumer resources. Apple’s profits skyrocketed, and at one time, its total market value of stock shares jumped to No.1 on the world market. Other computer companies such as Dell and Hewlett Packard followed suit and outsourced manufacture and assembling to China. In comparison, those professions and companies which persisted in following traditional manufacturing modes such as Nokia, Motorola and some Japanese electric appliances companies steadily declined. These latter companies, despite highly efficient production lines and enormous capacities, were limited by their own sales ability and could not keep up with the rapid changes in market demand. They fell behind companies which devoted themselves solely to marketing and sales, as well as coordinating OEM’s which manufacture to orders from marketing companies.

The traditional mode of production and product management entails the hiring of personnel and purchase of raw materials, carrying out large scale manufacturing, engaging in advertising and marketing, and finally selling products through their own distribution network. This mode is now out of date. Propelled by the high speed of development of information and technology, the newly rising mode of operation is to start out from fulfilling client or consumer demand. Manufacture is organized on the basis of purchase orders. The purchase orders are then sorted out and sent to the upstream vendors of the global supply chain. This mode of production requires factory sites and facilities to be multi-functional and to manufacture different products simultaneously, while reducing the inventory, speeding up sales, and providing more timely supplies that turn to individualized.

This new type of production mode based on market demand marks a revolutionary and fundamental change. Here demand is pulling production, which conforms to the direction of the function of the Law of Value and the flow of currency. It provides the solution to the most basic contradiction of capitalism that between the mode of production orient and market demands. In this sense, under the new mode of production, the government’s policy of upping demand through the monetary policy and fiscal policies, of raising demand through increasing expenditure on a large scale, is no longer necessary. The way of State intervention under current government capitalism or socialism will gradually disappear from the stage of history.

In an ecological society, suppliers of products and services will increasingly become diversified and decentralized, and these numerous and decentralized suppliers and providers will provide numerous and scattered consumers with products in a centralized way through given marketplaces. Thus, owners of marketplaces will swiftly muster wealth and become the dominant economic force of society. Alibaba, Wal-Mart, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), commercial banks such as ICBC, China Mobile, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Carrefour and Google which have large numbers of consumers and clients directly will have the competitive edge in future competition. Large companies are outsourcing products for assembling and keeping their focus on market development and the possession of market resources. The limited nature of eco-resources, especially market resources, will cause a long and stable new era to come into being – a society of ecological civilization.

2. New Embryonic Production Relations

Reform of the mode of production necessarily led to corresponding changes in production relations. The limited nature of eco-resources, especially limited market resources, caused competition among enterprises to become ever sharper. In order to wrest more market shares and satisfy the diverse needs of consumers, the speeds of upgrading and generation change of products are accelerated continually. Along with the faster frequency of technical progress and the change in market demand to diverse and individualized goods, manufacturing began to be in small batches and greater variety, and this has gradually replaced the traditional large scale production mode. Maintenance of a traditional large scale production and supply organization became increasingly harder. Enterprises began to discover that it was very difficult to maintain their original large organizational systems in the new operational environment. Such organizational systems, too, must change. They found outsourcing many jobs of a functional nature more economical and reasonable. The crucial tasks of R&D, Manufacturing, Inventory and logistics and sales could be outsourced. So could human resources, finance, tax, and even administrative management. Nowadays outsourcing has become a major trend.

In addition, since the business volume did not support all existing departments and staff, splitting allowed for independence and larger client lists. In this way, companies have a more efficient cost structure. In the spirit of accounting, another cost cutting method is to cut departments and personnel and buy specialized services directly from the market, getting better quality at lower cost. Thus, the majority of the functions of the company can gradually separate and the company may use the market mechanism and coordinate social division of work directly. Each will serve a host of clients, which forces them to raise efficiency and eliminates the headache of the managerial class in coordinating different relationships and resolving inter-departmental hassles and friction. The exchange marketplace for production (supply) factors, such as the labor market, information and capital markets, will also shift from a traditional hiring relationship or a direct buy and sell relationship to service provision or contracting, thereby gradually integrating with the product and service markets. Persons or units which separate need to survive amongst competition and be self-sustaining, with the result of improved labor and management relations.

The new type of production or supply relations above will manifest itself as a kind of social ecological phenomenon within a network of suppliers. The network works in a way that supply is organized to fulfill a particular concrete demand or that manufacture is done according to purchase orders received. Over-investment and production can thus be avoided, the contradiction between production and consumption resolved, and direct docking and balance is achieved between supply and demand.

The economy of the future, therefore, does not need a government worrying over it like a parent over a sick child and taking out loan after loan to ensure the child’s treatment and growth. Like the large corporations, the government is also faced with the whittling down of its functions, streamlining of departments and personnel and gradually affecting the changeover and fixing itself in a firm position. Sweeping socio-economic change is unavoidable; it reflects the march of the times and conforms to the demands of social development.

Change in production relations in its entirety is a gradual process and new contradictions will arise. But this embryonic trend, already formed, will burst through the ground and put out fresh green shoots. As the new production mode and relations gradually become more mature, world capitalism and also socialisms will come to an end and a new economic and social form will appear.

3. Ecological civilization and ecologism

Ecological civilization will appear after the agricultural and industrial civilizations in human history. It shall integrate human activity with the systems of ecological circulation in nature to seek harmonious synergy between humans and nature, humans and society, and among humans themselves. It shall have a sustainable mode of production and mode of consumption to build a society complying with the natural environment and natural resources and operating on the basis of the laws of nature. Ecological civilization is a form of human civilization in which nature eco-entities, social eco-entities and human body eco-entities meld into one.

Ecologists in pursuit of an ecological civilization realize that the newly risen production mode is the economic basis of a society of ecological civilization, which is guided by market demand and corresponding production relations in the form of a supply network based on the market. The newly risen production mode and production relations will thoroughly change the operational mode of industrial society which was dominated by profit orient of industrial capital.

Ecologism advocates the building of a society conforming to the natural environment and natural resources, and operating on the basis of the laws of nature. It advocates social fairness and justice on the basis of equal and free competition. It advocates the realization of social governance and operation through the principle of inspiration and guidance*, orderly competition* and overall co-balance*. It holds that inspiration and guidance can raise people’s self-consciousness and help them become self-disciplined. Orderly competition will preserve the vibrancy of the social organization. Stressing the interdependence between humans and the natural environment and taking the initiative in building and adjusting all kinds of equal social competitive mechanisms will result in the overall co-balance of human society operation.

Ecologism holds that the activity of human society must comply to and satisfy the responsibilities imbued in humankind by nature. Human society must understand its functions and roles in the earth eco-entity, especially in the circulatory systems of the nature eco-entity, and through self-organized orderly activities, fully perform its functions and roles in nature. Humankind should respect and protect the nature eco-entity and effectively utilize resources in the course of sustainable development and existence.

The General Theory of Eco-Social Science is a creative work of original theories. The author partially absorbed the reasonable ingredients from modern biology, ecology, physiology, economics, sociology, philosophy, management, and traditional Chinese culture. The major source of the theories, however, comes from profound thinking of the author, whose practical experience has been accumulated in many years. It is the theoretical crystallization of his understanding about the human society, its history, its present and its future.

The book has a well-rounded structure, rich contents, and combines theory with practice, giving it a strong ability to guide practical action. Actually the main contents of the fourth section of the book, Theory of Ecological Economics, have already found their way into the major policies of the Chinese government in its present economic system reform. This includes the ideas of the driving force behind creativity and making the market the decisive force in resource allocation. The chief contents of Section V, The Theory of Eco-currency, is becoming the theoretical source of the new monetary policy of the central bank of China. The main contents of Section II, Ecological Society, will become an important theoretical source for future political system reform in China.

The General Theory of Social Ecology promises to become a theoretical wellspring of ecological practitioners. It is a theoretical work heralding the advent of human society to ecological civilization.

Introduction

Publication in 2011 and 2012 of the two Chinese editions of the book, The General Theory of Eco-Social Science,** written by Mr. Jianfang Jin, has had deep reverberations in China. The media calls it a work of epochal significance. To China, a country which is exploring its way forward in reform, it has also been hailed as a blueprint for the future. The depth of its significance may be seen from the fact that, already, its influence is evident in new policies of the Chinese state. The innovative theories advanced by the author in the second edition about profitable currencies have clearly been adopted by the Chinese central bank and financial authorities.

The General Theory of Eco-Social Science touches widely on sociology, economics, political science, philosophy, management and life, as well as currency, finance and other fields. The book is remarkable for the wide range of its theoretical foundation, the scope of its creativity and the originality of its thinking. It sets out to answer humanity‘s need to advance from an industrial civilization to an ecological civilization. It presents a host of all new theories of social sciences based on natural science. The author applies these theories to current social practice in China and the world to demonstrate the direction society is heading and the operational principles and basic characteristics of future society. Its great importance lies in that it seeks to provide the theoretical guidance for contemporary reform.

Mr. Jianfang Jin, or James Jin to his friends in the U.S., earned his degree in economics from the famous Nankai University in Tianjin, China. After graduation, he worked for a time at the Chinese State Council in its policy department. He obtained his Master’s Degree from Purdue University in the U.S., where he went to study on his own in 1985. Thereafter, he engaged extensively in business both in the U.S. and in China and experienced first hand the social and economic changes occurring in our unquiet times. He kept abreast of the latest news and views from the world and continues to be a diligent student of Chinese history and philosophy. All this contributed to building up a relatively complete body of theories as they appear in this book today.

James Jin comes from a highly intellectual and academic background. His maternal grandfather Dr. Baoshan Jin (Dr. P. Z. King) was the pioneer of modern health and immunology in China. His positions included: Director of the Health Administration, Minister of Health in the Republic Of China and, President of the Chinese Medical Association and Head of the Health Departments of the Medical Schools of Beijing University and Fudan University. James’ mother Dr. Yunhua Jin, PhD. and father Mr. Wen-e Cheng, M.S. (PhD candidate), both studied in the United States and returned to China in 1950. Mr. Wen-e Cheng was the Chief Engineer of the Petro-Chemical Ministry of the People’s Republic of China.

The General Theory of Eco-Social Science introduces five new theories to the field of humanities and social sciences:

First, it lays out an all new system of ecological theory which integrates the social and natural sciences. Drawing on the scientific elements of biology, ecology and physiology such as eco-entities and ecosystems, Mr. Jin advances a new concept of the eco-entity and delineates its intension and extension and the interrelations between different eco-entities. He establishes a complete theoretical system including rules of eco-entity operation, the inner systems of eco-entities, the laws of eco-entity operation and its operating mechanisms.

Second, it introduces a philosophical world outlook and methodology based on the interrelations between eco-resources and eco-entities and related management theory. Mr. Jin expands his study of eco-resources to the social relations of human beings and puts forth his theory of the monist world outlook of eco-resources, the dichotomy between positive and negative eco-resources and the theory of the strategic management of eco-resources. The eco-resources doctrine reveals a new dimension to humanities and social sciences.

Third, It lays out his doctrine of ecological society, which may well act as a theoretical compass in social reform in the world as a whole. The author combines the eco-entity theory and historical dialectics, dissects the internal conflicts within world capitalism. He describes the emerging mode and relations of production in the 90’s of the 20th century, demonstrates the deterioration of the industrial society and the approach of the ecological society. Mr. Jin draws on his basic eco-entity theory to form his new concepts of organicism and the rule of organicism to explain the operating principles and governance of the future ecological society. He thus presents a complete picture of the eco economic society and demonstrates the strong appeal of future ecological civilization. This imbues his eco-entity social doctrine with the practical value of guiding social reform.

Fourth, it establishes an all new ecological economic doctrine. Traditional economic theory is more concerned with textual research on historical development, with analysis focused on such microscopic factors as productive activity, transactions, consumer psychology, economic utility and investment yields well as hypotheses and abstractions of common economic behavior. Mr. Jin’s ecological economic doctrine is the opposite in that it is concerned with the overall, dynamic and holistic inter-relations, the macroeconomic overall structure and composition and the processes of system circulation. It uses the organicist theory to establish a macroeconomic theoretical doctrine through discussion of mechanisms, functions and organisms. Mr. Jin assimilates the reasonable elements of modern economics and outlines a flow chart of the circulation of the overall national economy. He explains the balance mechanism of economic entity operation—the laws of commodity value and eco-value. He illustrates with diagrams the interrelations between the government and the market as an organic whole and with the principle and methodology of government intervention. He also systematically expounds the economic growth cycle from its starting point: methods, principles, mechanisms and formulas. On the basis of the above, Mr. Jin compares the three countries of China, the U.S. and Japan and points out the advantages and disadvantages of China’s current position. He suggests some specific economic measures, some of which have obviously been taken to heart by the Chinese government as shown in its policies since 2011.

Fifth, it creates an entirely new theory regarding eco-currency. Modifying the traditional monetary theories, Mr. Jin lays out the three basic attributes of currency, that besides being a measure of value, it also has the attributes of credit and circulation. In his new monetary theory, he points out that money is not only a general equivalent of value which is used in exchange, but is, in essence, a carrier of profit and follows the principle of profit returns. When profitable currency acts in the role of increasing the value of wealth and functions to allocate resources in the economic entity, it becomes the direct medium for the law of value to regulate economic activity. The book describes in detail the three forms and four modes of circulation of profitable currencies. Mr. Jin proposes a new eco-monetary policy on the basis of the relationship between profitable currency and economic operation: management of role currencies, or a visible hand in adjusting the economy. He further explains that governance of society lies in governance of social beings in different roles, not just biological beings; similarly, adjustment of the relationship between money supply and demand lies in the adjustment of the role of currencies in various forms, not just physical money. In addition, he sets down the new concept of eco-currency and illustrates the elements of eco-currency in detail.

Generally speaking the theory of eco-entity and the theory of eco-resources are two basic categories that depend upon and correspond with each other. In the overall theoretical system of this book, however, the former exerts a more significant or dominant influence. The five major theories laid out here can actually be applied to their respective fields and studied separately. Their logical relationship is illustrated in the following.

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Since the publication of the book’s first Chinese edition in 2011, The General Theory of Eco-Social Science has received not only great media attention but high acclaim from renowned economic and environmental specialists in China’s prestigious schools.

Professor Ma Zhong, Dean of the Environmental School of the People’s University, wrote in a foreword: "In the years since his graduation, Mr. Jianfang Jin, whether working in the political or business field, has never stopped studying and learning and exploring the way forward. The General Theory of Eco-Social Science is the crystallization of his important theoretical thinking."

Professor Xian Guoming, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Academic Committee of Nankai University and Assistant to the University President, wrote: "The General Theory of Eco-Social Science is an important academic work of pioneering significance. He commented: Discarding the difficult abstruse language usually found in works of theory, Mr. Jin uses simple and vivid language to explain profound theoretical viewpoints, making it a pleasure to read even for readers unfamiliar with economics."

Professor Jin Xuejun, Director of the Applied Economics Institute of Zhejiang University and concurrently Executive Director of the Public Policy Institute of Zhejiang Province¸ commented: "The General Theory of Eco-Social Science is an academic work with distinctive characteristics. Its perspectives are new and fresh, its language fluent and easy to understand, its reach sweeping, and it combines history and the present and theory with practice¸ making it a work of great creativity and enlightenment."

Professor Xiong Kunxin of the Central Nationalities University, after studying the book, wrote a review published in the national newspaper Guangming Daily of and its website. He said with some feeling: "After reading The General Theory of Eco-Social Science by Mr. Jin Jianfang, I felt that calling it ’a rare piece of writing’*** does not do it justice; it should be called ‘a rare masterpiece.’ Why? Because it is an academic masterpiece with distinct characteristics, of wide vision, presenting in fluent language important new ideas in a unique manner. The spirit of creativity shines throughout, stirring the minds of readers. The outstanding feature of this book is its theoretical creativity. The new, innovative points it makes can perhaps be compared to a myriad colorful blossoms blooming in a meadow."

Professor Chen Ji of the Capital University of Economics published a special commentary on the book on the Xin Hua web, which evaluates the body of economic theories the book contains : It should be recognized that the author’s research reveals the breadth and depth of his overall understanding of past classical economic theory, into which he delved and came up with new, innovative ideas. Readers are bombarded with one fresh new idea after another which forcefully stimulate their minds, making them view and analyze the macro-economic landscape and its causes and effects with new insight. Mr. Jin not only points out the problems, but provides multi-dimensional choices for solution. This academic pursuit is precisely the mission of our work and imbues it with value.

Professor Gu Yaguang of Huanxin College in Zhengzhou and concurrently research fellow at the Institute of Modern Economy of the Central Nationalities University commented in the newspapers China Reforms and Chinese Economic Herald: The book puts forward a host of new concepts and theories which are utterly refreshing. For the first time, it introduces the concept of ‘eco-entities.’ In Jin Jianfang’s view, the eco-entity has three dimensions: the human body eco-entity, the social eco-entity, and the nature eco-entity. He thus reveals the richness and immense significance of the eco-entity. On the basis of the eco-entity Mr. Jin further points out the laws of eco-entities and the laws and mechanisms of their operation. Mr. Jin delves still further from here and brings out the ideas of the social eco-entity, economic eco-entity and eco-currency. He thus portrays a complete picture of an eco-economic society and demonstrates the strong appeal of future ecological civilization.

Professor Wang Yuru of the School of Economics of Nankai University wrote in the Science China Press: "An entire series of changes will be triggered by following the theoretical framework as described in the General Theory of Eco-Social Science and using the factor analysis method based on eco-entities and the structure and operation laws of ecological society. This is a milestone. It shows that the Chinese people and nation have embarked on the road of autonomous discovery in social science. It may lead the world in creating the new trend of building an ecological civilization."

With the publication of this English edition, The General Theory of Eco-Social Science with its rich details drawn from the Chinese people’s cultural heritage as well as its present will show the creativeness of the Chinese nation and the confidence it holds in the theory and road of reform. It may also illuminate the road forward for the world.

—FROM THE EDITOR

Acknowledgments

It is our pleasure to present the book to the world in English translation, for which we are indebted to the language specialist Ms. Lily Li.

I would like to give my special thanks to Dr. William Xiong for his contribution in my creative process of writing this book. Dr. Xiong has an M.D. and Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology. Our friendship has been spanning two generations. He is the first person that I informed of my Eco-Social Science. We had many sessions of discussions with subjects ranging from biology to the future of mankind. These discussions helped me substantially in the formation of my theories outlined here.

Thanks to Mr. Daniel M. Caine for his ardor to this book. He dedicated lot of time for a comprehensive review of my manuscript, and provided valuable suggestions. Mr. Caine is an attorney at law, a Navy veteran (navy JAG), a poet, and the Chairman of Washington Governor’s Small Business Improvement Council.

Thanks also to Mr. Mahmoud S. Aziz, a loyal friend for years, for his time and effort to review my manuscript and make comments and amendments. Mr. Aziz has Masters Degree in biochemistry and an MBA in international finance. He is the founder and Chairman of the Hong Kong based The Fazio Group of Companies.

Thanks are also due to Mr. Bruce McBrain, CPA for his enthusiasm in reading my manuscript and making a lot of comments. Mr. McBrian