明清以来华北地区经济发展水平与特点是国内外学者较为关注的问题,近年越来越多的非经济因素被运用到对经济问题的分析中,并取得了一定成果。为了更深入地研究明清以来华北地区的经济发展状况,促进学者间的交流与对话,提升理论思考,南开大学中国社会史研究中心于2 0 0 3年11月2 Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the level and characteristics of economic development in North China have attracted more attention from domestic and foreign scholars. In recent years, more and more non-economic factors have been applied to the analysis of economic issues and some achievements have been made. In order to further study the economic development in North China since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, promote the exchange and dialogue among scholars and enhance theoretical thinking, the Chinese Social History Research Center of Nankai University, on November 2, 2003