On Building Up The Limited Government

The human society is the community which has been intentionally joined to act during material production of people. From "division of labor" to "division of knowledge", the human society makes a great progress. We shall benefit from exploring the evolution course of the human society civilization to our country having reformed and opened to the outside world.Since the Renaissance, humanism made the productivity promote freedom of the individual, wealth and fair notably. Capital made Europe to establish market-oriented economy system, led to the Europe society great changes, made national independent nations of modern times found, and the Europe government of modern times-limited government established. The most representative of works on limited government theory firstly is "government theory of John Locke, a British thinker." According to institution economics, the enterprise is the organization in which every right subject is linked by contract to carry out profit production of his own interest, every element investor gains the right or return equivalent to its input, every subject bears legal liability and accepts risk, which is limited and equal to his profit. Limited government is political indications of market economic subject. The theory and practice from Adam Smith's market -"invi sable hand" of early capitalism to Keynes, J.M. (Lord)'s government -"visiable hand" - witnessed that limited government development process from John Locke 's to Friedrich A.Von hayek's and James M. Buchanan's limited government. Practice proves that limited government assures western nation economical development, safeguards its social stability and promotes its civilization.Globalization is surging forward like a torrential tide, which strongly presses life space of every independent nation of modern times, Also makes China government build up his limited government fast. China, I feel, needs two steps at least to bring about limited government by learning from the Western limited government theory.Firstly, humanism established is the cornerstone of China limited government which is demanded by market-oriented economy system essentially. Gradually improving present constitutional government system is the premise of China limited government. Secondly, with the development and perfection of China market-oriented...