英国股改起步早、见效快撒切尔夫人领导的保守党政府，在1979年大选后不久，就着手进行被他们称为“改变英国方向的改革”。10多年的实践表明，对生产规模大、社会化生产程度高的大企业实行股份制改革，是激发企业活力的一种有效途径。英国自对原国有大企业实行出售股份的改革 Britain’s stock reforms started early and worked fast. The Conservative government led by Mrs. Thatcher started shortly after the 1979 election and began what they called “the reform that changed the direction of Britain.” The practice of more than 10 years shows that the joint-stock reform of large enterprises with large production scale and high degree of socialized production is an effective way to stimulate the vitality of enterprises. Britain has implemented the reform of selling shares to large state-owned enterprises