四月下旬,南京大学经济系教授王国刚应邀为市委、市政府领导及部委办局负责人作了题为《股份经济与城市改革》的讲座,受到有关各方的一致好评。为此,本刊特约请王教授在讲稿基础上稍作文字处理后,分四期连续刊载,现将第一部分《股份经济的性质与作用》刊出,以飨读者。 In late April, Wang Guogang, a professor of economics at Nanjing University, was invited to give a lecture titled “Stock Economy and Urban Reform” to the leaders of the municipal party committee and government and the heads of the ministries and commissions, and was well received by all parties concerned. To this end, this article specially invited Professor Wang on the basis of the script, after a little word processing, published in four consecutive series, now the first part of the “nature and role of the stock economy” published to readers.