中国是社会关系十分发达的社会 ,个人摄取社会资源的多寡在很大程度上取决于其社会关系网络的质量。谋求建立社会关系网络被人们当作占有社会资源的捷径。在中国转型期社会关系网络呈现出一种新的趋向 :资本化。社会关系资本化的社会动因是利益驱动 ,其现实化的原因在于制度缺失。社会关系资本化的后果是普遍主义原则丧失和特殊主义原则甚嚣尘上。如何最大限度地减少特殊主义原则 ,扩大普遍主义的生存空间是发展市场经济的当务之急 China is a society where social relations are well developed. The extent to which individuals absorb social resources depends to a large extent on the quality of their social network. Seeking to establish a network of social relations is viewed by people as a shortcut to social resources. In the transitional period of China, social networks have shown a new trend: capitalization. The social motivation for capitalizing social relations is profit-driven. The reason for its realization is the lack of institutions. The consequence of the capitalization of social relations is the loss of the principle of universalism and the principle of specialism. How to minimize the principle of specialism and enlarge the living space of universalism are the urgent tasks in developing a market economy