Who is the first person to study knowledge economy? Me and Knowledge Economy Research —— About the historical starting point of China's knowledge economy research, Zhang Hesheng (Huai 'an, Jiangsu, 22300 1), the research on knowledge economy at home and abroad has formed an upsurge. Since Dr. Wu published the book "Knowledge Economy", the major domestic media have conducted extensive discussions on the issue of knowledge economy, and monographs on this issue have emerged one after another. So many people think that the study of knowledge economy originated after 1998, and many people think that Wu's Knowledge Economy is the earliest monograph on knowledge economy in China. In fact, I started the research on knowledge economy in 1984, put forward the concept of "knowledge economy" in 1988, and put forward the relevant viewpoints of knowledge economy in 1990, which was published in the journal of Productivity Research. In my opinion, up to now, the earliest journal in China that published papers on knowledge economy is Productivity Research, and the earliest publishing house that published monographs on knowledge economy is Liaoning People's Publishing House. 1. The embryonic form of knowledge economy research is the materialization of knowledge and the optimization of labor process. As early as the early 1980s, it was popular in China among American futurist Alvin toffler? 6? 1 When toffler's The Third Wave and naisbitt's The Megatrend-Ten New Trends that Change Our Life are two monographs on futurology, some economists, sociologists, philosophers and even business people at home and abroad gathered together to discuss and discuss, which set off an upsurge in the study of the future society and the new technological revolution. Various works about the new technological revolution emerge in an endless stream at home and abroad, many of which are related to Marxism. Some propose to replace "labor theory of value" with "knowledge theory of value". At that time, I was a student in the Economics Department of RTVU. In order to systematically study the new technological revolution, I have studied a large number of domestic works on the new technological revolution, and spent nearly three years researching and writing the paper "Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Labor Theory". Because no one had put forward the concept of knowledge economy in China at that time, when I submitted my paper to Productivity Research magazine, I was in charge of editing and discussing with me, and suggested that the title of the paper be changed to Knowledge Materialization and Labor Process Optimization, and published in the third issue of Productivity Research 1988. The viewpoint of "knowledge labor creates value" was put forward for the first time. Therefore, the earliest periodical in China that published a research paper on knowledge economy was Productivity Research, and the earliest paper on the embryonic form of knowledge economy research was Knowledge Materialization and Labor Process Optimization. Later, I was lucky enough to get the guidance of the older generation of economists, Xiamen University economist Professor Luo, National Information Center Professor Wu and Nanjing Audit University, and made a systematic study on the knowledge economy. In the first issue of Productivity Research (1990), the author published "Exploration on the Research Object, Purpose and Task of Knowledge Economics", which first proposed that "Knowledge Economics is a new economic discipline that reveals the objective laws of knowledge labor in the process of social material production" and initially proposed a systematic framework for knowledge economics research. It should be said that this paper is the first one to put forward the concept of knowledge economics in China. Therefore, Productivity Research magazine has made an indelible contribution to the study of knowledge economics in China. Second, the formation of "Knowledge Economics" Before the publication of my "Knowledge Economics", there were many views on knowledge information theory in China, especially the rise of the new technological revolution. In economic life, many phenomena that can't be explained by traditional political economy views, such as the contradiction between the commercialization of knowledge products and classical political economy, have been highlighted in an important proposition of Marx's labor theory of value: the value of goods depends on the socially necessary labor time for producing goods. The determination of socially necessary labor time is based on three conditions: social average labor proficiency, normal production conditions and social average labor intensity. Because of the great difference in the time spent creating knowledge products, it has incomparable content to a great extent, so some people suggest that Marx's labor theory of value is outdated in the era of new technological revolution. Whether Marx's labor theory of value is outdated or not, with these questions, I have made a deep study of labor theory of value, and from the analysis of the essential attributes of labor, I have made a deep analysis of productive labor and unproductive labor, scientific labor, technical labor, information labor and many other propositions. Thus, the research framework of knowledge labor is constructed and a series of viewpoints of knowledge labor theory are put forward. On the basis of my preliminary research, I have formed a framework system of knowledge economics. After that, he got the guidance of Professor Hu Peizhao of Xiamen University and Professor Hong Yinxing of Nanjing University, and began the systematic study of knowledge economics. 1987 I finished the first draft of Economics and sent it to the famous economists Professor Luo, Professor Wu and Professor Hong Yinxing of Nanda for review. At that time, the name of the manuscript was "Knowledge Labor and Knowledge Economy-A Preliminary Study of Knowledge Economics". After three months' evaluation, Professor Wu put forward many guiding opinions and original opinions on the subject system. Song Yuping, the editor in charge of Liaoning People's Publishing House at that time, told me that Liaoning People's Publishing House was compiling a set of monographs on the new discipline of economics, and suggested that Professor Wu's opinion should be sought and the title should be "Knowledge Economics". It should be said that at that time, when Liaoning People's Publishing House had not proposed the subject of knowledge economics, it was commendable to have the courage to publish this monograph at a loss. When people talk about knowledge economy today, they should not forget Song Yuping, editor-in-chief of Liaoning People's Publishing House at that time, and the first monograph on knowledge economy, Knowledge Economics.