17世纪台湾郑氏海商集团在中国社会经济史上的地位

17世纪之际，世界市场雏形初具、全球化初露端倪，当时的中国，自明代中叶以后商品经济得到了较快的发展。东南沿海率先展开了由传统自给自足自然经济向以海洋经济为导向的商品经济过渡的结构性转型。这一地区成为中国乃至全球增长最快、最富活力的经济区域之一。在这一历史背景下，郑氏海商集团依傍这一得天独厚的社会环境，得以发展为私人海上贸易的龙头，而后组成了以其为主干的台湾南明割据政权。他与西方新兴资本主义海上贸易势力的发展特点有许哆相似之处。

On the Importance of Taiwan Zheng's Marine Business Group in Chinese Social Economy in 17th Century

17^th Century was the beginning of worldwide marketing and globalizing as well as a time of rapid development in commercial economy in the middle of Ming Dynasty. The southeast of China turned the self--sufficient natural economy into an economy geared to the exploitation of marine re- sources. So it became one of the quickest and most active areas in China, even in the world. With such a background, Taiwan Zheng＇s Marine Business Group took the lead and came to the power of Taiwan. There are some similarities between it and the marine business of the West capitalism.