A theoretical breakthrough and innovative economic masterpiece, which probed into the mystery of developing countries' economic growth as well as the rules of economic take-off and modernization.
- Introduction to National Top 10 Economic Books, Economic Daily (Section of Theory Weekly), Beijing: April 29, 1996,
It is a representative book of economic growth with distinct Chinese characteristics.
- Baojiang Han, WORLD, March 2007
The (Chinese) author is a senior-level economic practitioner, but with a strong theoretical enthusiasm. Thus, his book is novel in idea and structure which differentiates [it] from other books written by economic scholars.
- Professor Mengui Wang, principal economic advisor for the State Council of China,