Knowledge Economy And Sustainable Development

After the very long era of agricultural economy and the splendid era of industrial economy, the human society has entered the era of knowledge economy. With the development of modern science and technology, as a new economic pattern, knowledge economy advances the revolution of the global economy. It is the main trend and direction of global economic development nowadays. And as the guiding ideology of development strategy in the development of economy and society all over the world at present, based on the thinking about the traditional industrialization mode, sustainable development is put forward. It seeks the coordination of economy, society and environment. Both of them that produce in the same times has inner link: sustainable development is the subject of knowledge economy; knowledge economy is the effect approach to sustainable development.In the era of knowledge economy, the human will control the birth rate and the consumption more generally and scientifically, produce more efficiently and scientifically, pay great attention to making full use of human resources, improve the environmental quality, promote the full-scale development of the man, then realize harmonization of economic profit, societal profit and ecological profit. So knowledge economy in essence is sustainable economy.Knowledge economy bases on the knowledge. As the carrier of knowledge, the talents play an important role in the knowledge economy. The basic guarantee of development of knowledge economy is training a lot of complex talents who have the innovational ability and the knowledge of science and technology. In fact, fostering the talent is human capital investment. To accelerate the development of knowledge economy, we must strengthen the human capital investment: developing the education, perfecting the talent market, improving the relevant measures.Rational industrial structure is the important guarantee of developing the national economy. Aiming at the high-grade industrial structure in the era of knowledge economy, we should change the strategic mode of industrialdevelopment in time, formulate the right countermeasures-reforming thetraditional industry with science and technology, developing the high and new technology industry. Thus we will optimize and upgrade the industrial structure to push forward the knowledge economy.With the development of knowledge economy, the government should recognize and bring into play its function fully. The validity of the adjustment and control of the government is the key of the development of knowledge economy. The government should transform its function, draft the appropriate development strategy and create the good environment.As one of the reform and opening provinces, Fujian has the relative superiority and potential. The article focuses on the practical circumstances of Fujian, analyses the advantages and disadvantages, and put forward the development strategy and relevant countermeasures of knowledge economy. Namely, the government should carry out the function of promotion, guidance and regulation. We should set up the talent support system and implement the proper policies of industrial development.