The China Review of Political Economy (CRPE) was founded in 2002, initially in the form of a series of edited books published by the RUC Press. Through the first fifteen book-form issues, CRPE has established its reputation as China’s leading journal of research in political economy. From 2010, CRPE becomes a regular periodical edited by the RUC School of Economics and published by the RUC Publishing Resources Center.

The mission of CRPE is to promote scholarly research in political economy with an emphasis on the guidance of Marxism and the inspiration of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. In particular, CRPE seeks
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?to preserve the traditions of classical political economy while paying due respect to the development of modern economics;
?to promote the development of both basic theories and empirical studies;
?to encourage innovation while strictly adhering to the professional norms of rigorous scholarly research;
?to contribute to the formation of intellectual consensus on the basis of respecting the multiplicity of orientations and analytical approaches.

CRPE actively fosters the dialouges, exchanges and collaborations between the circles of Chinese scholars and international colleagues. It provides a forum for Chinese scholars to learn from the work of international colleagues, and particularly based on the rich experiences of China’s economic transformation, to contribute to the development of the international literature of research in political economy.