中国特色社会主义法律体系的部门划分几经波折,在2001年最终被确定为包含经济法在内的七个部门。由此可见,经济法在我国法律体系中有着重要的地位。本文首先讲述了我国的法律体系的结构框架,在这个框架下讨论经济法在我国法律体系中的重要地位。最后,面对21世纪的新机遇、新挑战,本文从四个方面论述了经济法的未来发展方向。 After many twists and turns in the division of the legal system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, in 2001 it was eventually identified as seven departments including economic law. Thus, economic law has an important place in our legal system. This article first describes the structural framework of our legal system and discusses the important position of economic law in our legal system under this framework. Finally, in the face of the new opportunities and new challenges in the 21st century, this article discusses the future development direction of economic law from four aspects.