重商是中国近代早期改良派思想家薛福成经济思想的核心 ,工商富国则是其内涵 ,先“富民”,后“富国”而后“富强”是他经济改革的指导思想。薛福成的重商思想和工商富国理论是时代的产物 ,是近代改良派爱国思想的体现和振兴民族经济强烈愿望的反映。对我们今天发展市场经济 ,进行现代化建设仍具启迪作用。 Mercantilism was the core of Xue Fucheng’s thought of economic reform in early modern China, and the rich nations enjoyed its connotation. First, “enriching the people” and “enriching the nation” followed by “rich and powerful” were the guiding ideology of his economic reform. Xue Fucheng’s mercantilism theory and the theory of industrial and commercial rich countries are the product of the times, a reflection of the patriotic thought of modern reformists and the strong desire of rejuvenating the national economy. It is still the enlightening role for us to develop the market economy and carry out the modernization drive today.