在人类的经济过程中 ,不仅有制度要素的参与 ,而且其发展的方向、道路和内容都受到了它与其它共同体之间关系的制约。民族形成的过程由此成为特定民族经济特点形成的首要因素。本文指出 ,中国早期的多元民族结构 ,为其经济的成长构筑了最初的社会框架。并结合夏商周社会经济性质的再讨论 ,以这个从氏族共同体的融合走向广大地域的社会联合中 ,通过世袭等级的分封方式 ,构筑起以血缘世系进行社会划分的地域性社会组织制度的基本框架的事实 ,以及对中国经济的早期封建化进程与趋势的探寻 ,阐释了特定民族在具体的历史条件和制度因素的合力作用下 ,形成多种不同的经济发展道路和方式的问题 In human’s economic process, not only the elements of the system are involved, but also the direction, road and content of its development are restricted by its relationship with other communities. The formation of the nation thus became the primary factor in the formation of the economic characteristics of a particular nation. This article points out that the early multi-ethnic structure in China built the first social framework for its economic growth. In the light of the socioeconomic nature of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the basic principle of the regional social organization system of dividing the society by the kinship system Framework and the exploration of the process and trend of the early feudalization of China’s economy, explains the issue of forming a plurality of different ways and modes of economic development under the combined effect of specific historical conditions and institutional factors