本书充分发挥经济人类学研究专长对中国现代经济环境和现代化乃至西部大开发等重大社会问题进行反思和认证，在肯定所取得成果的同时对将来可能出现的经济问题、文化问题进行预测，以便更好地服务于中国21世纪发展纲要，同时为营造和谐稳定的全球经济环境，为促进经济人类学与中国传统民族经济学各自的发展与结合提供更多的个案研究和学理依据，也为工商人类学的发展提供更多的学理支持。This book gives a full play to the expertise of economic anthropology research, reflects and verifies the major social issues of China's modern economic environment and the modernization and the west development movement. While affirming the achievements, it predicts the possible future economic problems and cultural issues, so as to better serve the twenty-first century development program of China. Besides, it provides more cases and theoretical basis for creating a harmonious and stable global economic environment and for promoting the development and integration of economic anthropology and traditional Chinese economics, as well as for the development of business anthropology.