This book focuses on the future of China and its sustainable development, and summarizes the implications, forms, causes, countermeasures and related rules of the main costs generated during a country's period of development, so as to provide a theoretical reference and decision-making consulting tools for institutions and scientific governance and management professionals. Combining China's national situation and development characteristics with the country as a unit, it uses case studies to propose the concept of cost theory and the theoretical system of national development cost. Focusing on the goals of innovation in nation building, common development and prosperity, as well as enhancement of people's net welfare, the book summarizes and draws conclusions about various aspects of national development, including economic development cost; political, social and cultural development cost; foreign opening-up development cost and nature development cost. It primarily establishes an indicator system of national development cost for promoting full-factor productivity and reducing development cost, and provides a theoretical basis for implementing the scientific political-achievement view.

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Guangyu Hu is a professor at East China University of Political Science and Law. He received bachelor's degrees in both engineering and arts, and master's and Ph.D. degrees in management from North China Electric Power University and Tsinghua University respectively. On graduation, he began his career as a teacher, first at CCS, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University for ten years, then at North China Electric Power University for four years. He also pursued postdoctoral research and was deputy director for CCS and visiting scholar at the Department of Engineering, Cambridge University. He has led or participated in more than 60 science and research projects, and published more than 50 articles and 40 books.

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Part I Proposition of Development Cost in China.- Chapter I Learning and Practice of Scientific Outlook on Development: Considering Maximization of Net Welfare as the Scientific Political Achievement View.- Chapter II Scientific Development of China in the Future: Inspiration of Chinese Dream to Development Cost.- Chapter III Innovation Powerhouse: Build a Society of Joint Development and Common Prosperity.- Chapter IV Economic Growth Cost in China.- Chapter V Cost of Economic Transformation in China.- Chapter VI Cost of Economic Disturbance in China.- Chapter VII Cost of Economic Regulation and Control in China.- Summary of Economic Development Cost in China.- Chapter VIII Political Reform Cost in China.- Chapter IX Chinese Political System Construction Cost.- Chapter X Cost of Chinese Political Decision-making System.- Chapter XI Cost of Chinese Ruling Party Construction.- Chapter XII Cost of Chinese Political consultation and Crossing of Information Gap.- Chapter XIII Cost of Chinese Democracy Construction.- Summary of Chinese Political Development Cost.- Part IV Cost of Chinese Social Development.- Chapter XIV Chinese Social Livelihood Issues and Their Cost.- Chapter XV Cost of Population Change in Chinese Society.- Chapter XVI Chinese Social Management Cost.- Chapter XVII Chinese Social Stability Cost.- Chapter XVIII Chinese Social Advancement Cost.- Summarization of Chinese Social Development Cost.- Chapter XIX China's Cost of Civilization Inheriting and National Customs Protection.- Chapter XX Cost of Chinese Ideological Evolution and Modern Media System Construction.- Chapter XXI Cost of Chinese Soft Power Construction and Response to International Cultural Invasion.- Summary of the Cost of Chinese Cultural Development.- Chapter XXII China's Opening Development Thoughts and Their Cost.- Chapter XXIII China's Cost of International Exchange and Consensus.- Chapter XXIV China's Cost of Investment and Construction of Investment Environment.- Chapter XXV Cost of International Trade Development.- Chapter XXVI Construction Cost of China's Three-dimensional Transportation.- Chapter XXVII The Cost of China's Creditability Construction and Handling of Threats.- Summary of the Cost of Foreign Opening-up Development.- Chapter XXVIII Cost of China's Resource and Energy.- Chapter XXIX Cost of China's Ecological Environment.- Chapter XXX Cost of Disasters in.- Chapter XXXI China's Cost of Handling Climate Change.- Chapter XXXII Cost of Harmony between Human and NatureSummary of China's Cost of Nature Development.- Part VIII Inspiration of China's Development Cost Theory for China's Development.- Chapter XXXIII Indicator System Foundation of Development Cost Chapter XXXIV Promote the Enhancement of Total Factor Productivity and Reduce Development Cost.- Chapter XXXV Benchmarking of Scientific Achievement View.- References.