一本经济研究著作在短短的五年(1979~1984年)间引起国内外读者广泛的注意,印数达到992万册,同时出版了英、德、法、日、西班牙和塞尔维亚等外文版,这在新中国出版史上值得大书一笔。这就是1979年出版的薛暮桥同志所著《中国社会主义经济问题研究》一书。作者在这本书的绪论中说 In a short span of five years (1979-1984), a book on economic studies attracted wide readership at home and abroad with a total number of 99.2 million copies. At the same time, foreign languages ​​such as Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Serbia and Spain were published , Which is a great book in the history of new China’s publishing. This is the book entitled “Studies on the Socialist Economic Problems in China” written by Comrade Xue Muqiao in 1979. The author said in the introduction to this book