What is the historical significance of Sun Yat-sen's economic thought?

The historical mission of Sun Yat-sen's economic thought is how China, as a country with a large population and a backward country after opening to the outside world, can solve people's livelihood problems. "People's Livelihood" is a typical expression and concentrated summary of the historical mission of Sun Yat-sen's economic thought entrusted by the times.

What is people's livelihood? Sun Yat-sen clearly pointed out: People's livelihood "is the people's life-the survival of society, the people's life and the people's life."

Physiologically speaking, "people's livelihood" is to solve material needs such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. "To study people's livelihood, we must solve these four needs", especially the food problem. "Forty million people should have food and very cheap food".

② Sun Yat-sen further emphasized the issue of "people's livelihood" from the perspective of development. The development of social civilization, the improvement of economic organization and the progress of morality all focus on people's livelihood, which is the driving force of all social activities.

Sun Yat-sen has traveled in Europe and America for many years. This experience made him deeply influenced by the traditional Confucian culture in China, and at the same time, he was baptized by western civilization, which made his view of "people's livelihood" show the characteristics of international vision. He repeatedly stressed that China should be as rich as European and American countries and reach the international level through development. But he also realized that "the rich in Europe and America are like enemies, and the poor are like the poor."

(4) If China wants to "avoid the bad example that the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer in Europe and America", "it is necessary to talk about people's livelihood".

⑤ In other words, the social criterion of Sun Yat-sen's view of people's livelihood lies in: avoiding serious polarization and seeking.