Neo-liberalism is an economic and political trend of thought, which opposes the unnecessary intervention of the state and government in the economy and emphasizes the importance of the free market. However, unlike classical liberalism, it advocates social market economy, that is, the government only regulates the economy and stipulates the framework conditions of market activities.

In international policy, it emphasizes opening the international market and supports global free trade and international division of labor. Neo-liberals oppose socialism, trade protectionism, environmental protectionism and populism, believing that this will hinder individual freedom.

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1, in terms of economic theory

Neo-liberalism inherited the ideas of free operation and free trade of classical liberal economic theory, went to extremes and vigorously promoted the "three modernizations". The first is "liberalization". People think that freedom is the premise of efficiency. "The most effective way to stop society is to impose a standard on everyone."

The second is privatization. In their view, private ownership means that people can "decide what we want to do as individuals", thus becoming the basis for promoting economic development. The third is marketization. It is believed that there is no economy and no effective allocation of resources without market, and it is opposed to any form of state intervention.

2. In terms of political theory.

Neo-liberalism particularly emphasizes and adheres to the three "negatives". The first is to deny public ownership. Almost all neoliberals unanimously pointed out that "when the scope of collectivization is expanded, the' economy' becomes worse instead of having higher' productivity'", so public ownership cannot be carried out.

The second is to deny socialism. In the eyes of neo-liberals, socialism is a restriction and denial of freedom, which will inevitably lead to centralization. "The tragedy of centralization is that it pushes rationality to the supreme position, but it ends in destroying rationality because it misunderstood the process on which rationality depends", so this is a "road to slavery".

The third is to deny state intervention. In their view, any form of state intervention can only cause the loss of economic efficiency.

3. In terms of strategy and policy.

Neo-liberalism strongly advocates global integration led by superpowers. Economic globalization is the inevitable trend and natural historical process of the development of human society. However, economic globalization does not exclude political and cultural pluralism, nor does it mean global economic, political and cultural integration.

Neo-liberalism generally does not advocate economic globalization, but focuses on promoting global economic, political and cultural integration led by superpowers, that is, global capitalism.