“新经济”一词最早出现于美国《商业周刊》1996年12月30日发表的一组文章中。文章认为新经济是指在经济全球化背景下的信息技术革命以及由此带动的、以高新科技产业为龙头的经济。1997年11月,美国《商业周刊》主编斯蒂芬·谢波德界定了“新经济”的概念,指出新经济具有如下六大特征:实际国内生产总值大幅度增长,公司运营利润上涨,失业率低,通货膨胀率低,进出口之和占GDP的比例上升,GDP增长中高科技的贡献度比重上升等。这之后,人们对新经济基本内涵的认识和说法不尽 The term “new economy” first appeared in a series of articles published by BusinessWeek in the United States on December 30, 1996. The article holds that the new economy refers to the revolution of information technology in the context of economic globalization and the economy led by hi-tech industries. In November 1997, Stephen Shepard, the editor of Business Weekly in the United States, defined the concept of “new economy” and pointed out that the new economy has the following six characteristics: a substantial increase in real gross domestic product, a rise in operating profit, a low unemployment rate, The rate of inflation is low, the share of imports and exports in GDP rises, and the proportion of high-tech contributions to GDP growth rises. Since then, people’s understanding of the basic connotation of the new economy has been endless