Abstract: Since the reform and opening up in 1978, the situation of western economics in China has gone through three different stages: critique, mix of critique and use for reference and applicationoriented. These three stages correspond to Chinas highly centralized planned economy, planned commodity economy and socialist market economy. The need of reform and opening up and economic development has changed the situation of western economics in China. Western economics has become popular from being excluded，from the whole beingnegated to absorb the positive results. In the new era of deepening reform in an allround way, further opening up and building a socialist modernization power, the very difficult and important task that Chines economic circles face will be how to separate scientific component from western economics, which is one of foreign philosophical and social science resources.

Key words: western economics , China , 40 years , situation , change

摘要： 自1978年改革开放以来，西方经济学在中国的境遇经历了三个不同的阶段：以批判为主的阶段，评论与借鉴相结合的阶段和以应用为主的阶段。这三个阶段大体上和中国实行高度集中的计划经济、有计划的商品经济和社会主义市场经济相对应。改革开放和经济发展的需要改变了西方经济学在中国的境遇，西方经济学由受排斥走向热门，由整体被否定走向吸收其积极成果。在全面深化改革、进一步扩大开放和建设社会主义现代化强国的新时代，如何从西方经济学这种国外哲学社会科学资源中分离提炼出科学成分为我所用，将是我国经济学界面临的一项高难度的具有重要意义的课题。

关键词: 西方经济学 , 中国 , 40年 , 境遇;变迁