在过去的二十世纪中，人类所经历的最伟大的变革之一是由工业经济向知识经济的过渡。知识经济是以现代科学技术为核心的，建立在知识和信息的生产、存储、使用和消费基础上的经济。通俗地讲，知识经济就是经济的知识化，或知识的经济化。知识经济不同于以财务资本为基础的工业 One of the greatest changes humans have experienced during the past twentieth century was the transition from an industrial economy to a knowledge-based economy. Knowledge economy is based on modern science and technology, based on the production, storage, use and consumption of knowledge and information economy. To put it in a nutshell, the knowledge economy is the economy of knowledge, or the economy of knowledge. Knowledge economy differs from industry based on financial capital