新加坡自60年代实现独立以来,短短的30多年时间里,取得了巨大的经济成就。80年代成为亚洲新兴工业国,90年代后,一跃进入发达国家行列。从60年代至90年代,国内生产总值年均增长率高达8.9％,通货膨胀率低于4％,与此同时,国内生产总值由21.5亿新元增至1.89亿美元。并且新加坡也发展成为国际贸易、航运、金融及旅游中心之一,经济发展保持着强劲的势头。分析新加坡经济现代化的诸多成因,文化是其经济腾飞的内在推动 Since the realization of independence in the 1960s, Singapore has achieved tremendous economic success in just 30 years. In the 1980s, it became a newly emerging industrialized country in Asia and jumped into the ranks of developed countries after the 1990s. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the average annual growth rate of GDP was as high as 8.9% and the rate of inflation was below 4%. In the meantime, the GDP increased from 2.15 billion Singapore dollars to 189 million U.S. dollars. And Singapore has also developed into one of the centers of international trade, shipping, finance and tourism. Economic development has maintained its strong momentum. Analysis of many causes of Singapore’s economic modernization, culture is the inherent promotion of its economic take-off