经济法就是以社会为本位,通过国家、社会团体和市场将有限的经济利益和稀缺的经济资源进行合理的分配,以营造平衡和谐的社会经济环境,最终实现社会经济可持续发展的独立部门法律体系。本文通过对经济法发展历程的回顾,从而得出了经济法的本质是对社会整体利益的保障。 Economic law is based on the society. It uses the state, social groups and markets to rationally allocate limited economic benefits and scarce economic resources so as to create a balanced and harmonious social and economic environment and eventually realize the independent sector law of sustainable social and economic development system. By reviewing the development of economic law, this paper concludes that the essence of economic law is to protect the interests of society as a whole.