| With the deepening of reform and opening-up and the developing of socialist marketeconomy, China has gone through profound changes in economy, politics, culture, socialliving style and so on. However, during this process, honesty and credibility have increasinglybeen an important topic that is concerned in our economy and social life. Lack of credibilityhas severely affected the progression of our social market economic establishment.The essay applies the method which combines theory and practice and integrates historyand logic. Firstly, it clarifies the connotation and characteristics of China's traditional cultureand Western countries'viewpoint of honesty and credibility. Furthermore, it puts forward themodern connotation of honesty and credibility under the guidance of Marxism and based onthe actual condition and status of our country. Secondly, it explains the relationship of honestyand credibility with activities of socialism market economy. The characteristic of marketeconomy and functionality of honesty and credibility has determined that honesty andcredibility is the basic factor maintaining the order of market economy and the fundamental todevelop socialism market economy. The essay uses dialectic view reflecting on the problemof lack of honesty and credibility and analyzes the influence of lack of honesty and credibilitytoward social economic life and also the reason of honesty and credit crisis's origin. Based onthe actual condition and status of China's society, it reveals the honesty and credibilityproblem in our social economy, politics and culture and then digs the root of lack of honestyand credibility in economy,system, history and culture. Finally, from the aspects of morality,culture, government, enterprise, individual, law and regulation, it brings forward strategicsuggestions on the establishment of an honesty and credibility system under socialism marketeconomy. |