Abstract: This is the right time to construct development economics with Chinese characteristics based on the national conditions of China. Its guiding principles should be the Marxist historical materialism and dialectical materialism. Its theoretical foundation lies in thoughts on socialist economic development with Chinese characteristics. Its research object is the contemporary Chinese economy which simultaneously has the features of a developing economy, a middleincome economy, a large open economy, a transition economy and a socialist market economy. The new development philosophy covers major issues in the economic development of contemporary China, providing theoretical guidelines for the construction of development economics with Chinese characteristics. Innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development and institutional change constitute the theoretical framework of development economics with Chinese characteristics.

Key words: development economics with Chinese characteristics, guiding principles, theoretical foundation, research object, features of contemporary Chinese economy, new development philosophy

摘要： 根据中国国情构建中国发展经济学适逢其时。构建中国发展经济学的指导思想是马克思历史唯物主义和辩证唯物主义，其理论基础是中国特色社会主义经济发展思想，其研究对象是具有发展中经济、中等收入经济、大国开放经济、转型经济和社会主义市场经济等五大特征的当代中国经济。新发展理念涵盖了当代中国经济发展的主要问题，是设计中国发展经济学的理论指南，创新发展、协调发展、绿色发展、开放发展、共享发展和制度变迁构成中国发展经济学的理论框架。

关键词: 中国发展经济学, 指导思想, 理论基础, 研究对象, 当代中国经济特征, 新发展理念