ABSTRACT
Economic system, characterized by a lot of interacted and complicated variables, is a
complex system in continuous development. The multilevel nature, strong coupling,
nonlinear, openness, uncertainty and dynamic of the economic system result in its
complex and unique evolution. As a complex and dynamic system, economic system is
closely related to the survival and development of human society. Understanding the
phenomena and laws of economic growth and evolution deeply is the prerequisite for
people flexibly utilizing economic theories and methods to control the development of
economic system better, and finally promote social prosperity. It is very meaningful in
both theory and practice to study the reason, ways and mechanisms of economic system
evolution, which is critical for us to optimize the resource allocation of economic
system, improve the economic structure, and strengthen its own functions.
Although certain progress has been achieved in the study of world economic system,
there are still many defects, incompleteness in the theory and many content of the
existing theory is out-of-date. Specifically, a series of changes in world economic space
and the structure of international division of labor have great influence on the old
structure of world economic system. Considering such changes, we have to reevaluate
the evolution of economic structure, reanalyze the characteristics of modern world
economy, and reconsider the evolution of world economic structure as well as the role
of china deeply, by employing new theory and from new perspective. Only by this way
can we understand the evolutional essence of world economic system better, and
eventually promoting the development of Chinese even world economy in the future.
For this purpose, from the new perspective: symmetry and symmetry-breaking, we try
to explore the evolution of the world economic structure. Specifically, we analyze the
characteristics of present world economic structure, and investigate the essence and
mechanisms of the evolution of world economic system by employing the symmetry
theories. As a result, we come to a lot of novel conclusions which are also practically
meaningful. We introduce current developed theories and methods, including symmetry
theory and complex network theory, into the analysis of world economic system, so as
to clarify the essence, process and mechanisms of the evolution of world economic
system.
The paper is structured as five sections consisting of seven chapters.
In the first section (the first two chapters of the paper), we briefly review the recent
progress in the study about world economic system, and discuss the shortcomings of
existing researches. Then, we outline symmetry theories and methods. Finally, we
analyze the possibility, prospect and meanings of applying symmetry theory into the
study of evolution of world economic structure.
In the second part (the third chapter), we analyze the formation mechanism of present
network structure of world economic system as well as its future evolution trends. We
also discuss the reason for which the network structure is locally symmetric. The
dynamic process and formation mechanism of locally symmetric structure of the world
economic network are elaborated. In the analysis on the evolution of world economic