What we call a healthy economy is a brand-new economic form, and its definition of health is different from that in the general sense. Healthy economy involves all aspects of social life and is a combination of profound culture and constantly developing modern scientific and technological achievements. It has practicability and application value, backed by industrial economy with cultural and spiritual products as its connotation. It belongs to a future-oriented and sustainable economic form.
Here, the healthy economy we propose is different from the "healthy economy" in Europe and America (that is, "healthy economy", which China calls "healthy economy"). The latter refers to the application of economic principles and analytical methods to solve problems in health care, hoping to obtain maximum output with minimum input.
It can be predicted that health will become the most common, basic, intense and biggest demand in this century. Based on this, it is necessary for us to make a scientific, systematic and in-depth study on healthy economy.
As we all know, supply and demand are the two most important and crucial factors in economic research. Talking about production, organization, market, currency, price, value, capital and efficiency without supply and demand is like talking about flying without motivation and resistance, and talking about survival without air and food.
Since health is the biggest demand in 2 1 century, besides the health demand itself, we should further study the supply corresponding to the demand.
In fact, not only the health supply, but also the health demand itself, our understanding and research on it, whether from the health theory or health practice, whether it is the health of mental health needs or the health of material needs, are so pale, superficial and unprepared.
We must establish a health science system including health economics.
This paper attempts to analyze some important features of the era of healthy economy from the following aspects.
The characteristics of a healthy economy are as follows: First, the traditional economy is different as the basis of its economic growth. Under normal circumstances, science, technology and inventions contained in scientific productivity are usually considered as the important way and foundation of economic development, and improving labor productivity is also one of the main indicators and purposes of economic growth; Healthy economy is mainly based on healthy culture, and its connotation and foundation not only come from the development of science and technology, but also need to fully tap and apply the essence of historical and cultural traditions. Of course, healthy culture must be supported by health care products and health industry, which complement each other and rely on each other.
The second characteristic of a healthy economy is the different ways of economic growth. The future healthy economy will cover the whole economy, culture and even social politics, but it will have a more prominent impact on the secondary and tertiary industries, especially the tertiary industry featuring the service industry, which will create huge business opportunities. In the era of healthy economy, new concepts and ideas have emerged, and a large number of new industries and trades have been formed, thus creating a series of new jobs and employment opportunities.
Another important feature of the era of healthy economy is the accumulation of social wealth, which is no longer measured and calculated by standard international currency. Ecological environment, social civilization, citizens and families, organizations and individuals' satisfaction and harmony with the present situation and future will become important contents and be included in the evaluation system of social wealth.
Another feature of the era of healthy economy is that the motive force of social and economic development comes from people's extensive and specific needs for the specific goal of health, rather than the traditional economy emphasizing economic development for economic growth. The economic growth in the traditional economic environment mainly depends on the continuous or even endless huge investment in technology and economic industries. The healthy economy emphasizes creating a harmonious, orderly, standardized and self-conscious social environment, and providing good health services and products by using health wisdom. The demand in traditional economics is realized by buying goods, accompanied by the transfer of ownership and the exchange of value. However, health itself cannot be exchanged (except medical model). The degree of demand satisfaction of health economics depends largely on the self-cultivation and health knowledge level of the demanders. The deeper the health wisdom, the stronger the self-health ability and the higher the degree of self-satisfaction. In addition to materialized health goods, health has unlimited value.
Input and output in the era of healthy economy, from the industrial point of view, besides relying on the development of health culture and health science, health education should become the most necessary, necessary, effective and important investment in a healthy economic society. The biggest output of this input comes from the overall improvement of national quality (including physical quality, psychological quality and social civilization quality). The investment around improving the quality of national civilization will greatly promote the healthy development of the economy, and the investment has only income and return, without any investment waste and risk. The improvement of national quality will have a huge multiplier effect in the era of healthy economy, which will greatly enhance the accumulation of healthy wealth in the whole society and bring the greatest, most fundamental and most practical benefits to all people.
In the era of healthy economy, the creation of healthy wealth lies in constantly improving the ability to acquire health knowledge, the efforts and methods of health practice, and the level, desire and perseverance of health cultivation that can be achieved. This is the pursuit of a healthy life, the construction of a healthy society and the sublimation of human civilization in essence. In the process of creating healthy wealth, people have developed a huge health industrial chain, which is full of infinite business opportunities, from the provision of health products, the training of health knowledge to the service in the health field, the research of health science and health culture, etc.
Developing a healthy economy is of great significance to China. China not only faces enormous population pressure, especially employment pressure and imminent population aging, but also needs a strong and healthy cultural foundation for the development of a healthy economy, which is a unique resource for China. Carrying forward Chinese culture, showing its connotation, facing the world and building a healthy brand should be studied and promoted as a major national development strategy.
In the era of industrial civilization, the development level of science and technology and the research and investment in high-tech industries are undoubtedly important factors to measure and judge the sustainable development of a country and region, and constitute a country's comprehensive national strength according to the corresponding natural resources, national financial resources, human resources and scientific and technological productivity. However, in the era of healthy economy, science and technology will return to its original position and become a tool for human beings to understand, protect and achieve health goals. Technology is technology, and technology serves social and economic development, rather than becoming a tool to make money. As mentioned above, due to the high development of contemporary science and technology, hegemony and strength are no longer the only forces that control everything. A tiny factor and detail can affect or even shock the whole world. The restrictive factors of world balance have reopened a new window and door for human beings to face the world, nature, self and the future. On this platform, in such a healthy era with health as the core, comprehensive national strength, as mentioned above, depends on how many beneficial abilities and contributions it can provide to the world health cause, and can be accepted and welcomed by all mankind.
To sum up, the social economy in the 2 1 century will be dominated by healthy economy, and the understanding and pursuit of healthy wealth by human beings will completely change the previous wealth concept and value evaluation system of material supremacy and money supremacy, which is the most essential feature of the healthy economy era.
Although people's understanding and pursuit of health has not reached the ideal scientific level, people's desire for health and unprecedented enthusiasm for acquiring health knowledge will surely give birth to a series of health industries.
Human beings must choose between healthy wealth and traditional wealth;
The yearning and pursuit of health has become and will become an important driving force for the future development of human society, politics, economy, culture and other undertakings;
Health is the most basic human right, the first need of life, and the greatest wealth of life, which will surely become knowledge;
Health is bound to become the main trend that dominates daily life and even social politics, economy and culture.
Driven by the healthy trend, mankind will enter a brand-new era of healthy economy and healthy civilization.
China's sages had an idea: whatever is there, there is nothing. Nothing is great.
Look at the world and base yourself on the future. What is greater than promoting human health? What is more popular with people all over the world than serving the world health cause? What is more valuable and meaningful than developing health industry and culture?
As we have explained, the key to health lies in action. China, as a developing country, a country with the largest population and underdeveloped natural resources in the world, and an ancient civilization, has unique advantages and foundations in healthy civilization and healthy cultural traditions. It is reasonable, necessary and conditional to take the initiative to shoulder the sacred responsibility of promoting world health and take the lead in healthy economy, culture, education, social civilization and theoretical research.
It is worth emphasizing that grasping health and grasping a healthy economy will also grasp the future. China should follow its own national conditions, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, apply a healthy culture and face the world, which is a great opportunity given to the Chinese nation by history.
China people should have such heroism, confidence and ability to become the core of leadership in a healthy economic era.