“知识经济”(knowlege economy)概念出现的时间并不长,但却引起了国内外理论界的广泛重视,成为研究的新热点和理论前沿。本文就已掌握的材料进行一些概括和综述。一、关于知识经济概念及其产生沿着对知识经济研究的历史线索,可以把关于知识经济的研究分为两个方面,第一,关于知识经济社会的基本特征的认识和研究。这方面的研究分为前后两个阶段。第一阶段,在大量研究了第三次科学技术革命的起源、性质、社会经济作用、社会发展变革的基础上,以突出对信息及信息技术、信息产业、信息社会为核心的信息经济社会问题的研究,出现了一大批成果。第二阶段,联合国经济与社会发展组织(OECD)发表了《以知识为基础的经济》(1996),首次明确提出了“知识经济”的概念,关于知识、知识产业、知识经济以及知识经 The emergence of the concept of “knowledge economy” (知 ge economy economy) is not long, but it has aroused widespread attention in the field of theory both at home and abroad and has become a new hot spot and theoretical frontier of research. This article has mastered the material for some generalization and review. First, on the concept of knowledge economy and its production along the historical clues to the study of knowledge-based economy, we can divide the research on knowledge-based economy into two aspects, first, the basic characteristics of knowledge-based economy and understanding of society. Research in this area is divided into two stages before and after. In the first stage, based on a great deal of study on the origin, nature, social and economic functions of the third scientific and technological revolution and the changes in social development, the information economy and social issues with information and information technology, information industry and information society as the core Research, there have been a large number of achievements. The second phase, the United Nations Economic and Social Development Organization (OECD) published a “knowledge-based economy” (1996), for the first time clearly put forward the “knowledge economy” concept, on knowledge, knowledge industry, knowledge economy and knowledge through