Zhang Min's book "Non-Equilibrium: The Dynamics and Logic of Political Development in Contemporary China" came out for two reasons that we should pay attention to and promote. First, the author is a young scholar, and this is her first book, which aims to answer the big question of what is the driving force of contemporary China's political development, why and how. Although his academic skills are relatively immature and some of the ideas in the book are not mature enough, the results of his unremitting academic efforts over the years are still worthy of recognition and praise, and his works are worthy of careful reading and taste by those interested in the academic study of contemporary Chinese politics. Second, contemporary Chinese politics itself is a hot issue that has been a long-term and continuous concern of domestic and foreign practical circles and academic circles, and with the gradual establishment of China's status as a world power, many people at home and abroad have viewed Chinese politics from different angles based on different attitudes and positions, and put forward their own different views. Even in the perspective of Marxism, people's understanding is colorful. It is this exchange, collision, mutual absorption and reference of multiple views that has deepened the understanding of contemporary Chinese politics, and I believe that this book can also contribute to this deepening. In the political field, balanced political relations, standardized freedom, and democracy are the beautiful political ideals pursued by people in modern society, and correspondingly, non-equilibrium and even imbalance are an objective reality. What should be and what is, ideal and reality, are the two poles that determine human life, in which human beings make difficult choices all the time, especially in the political field. How to prevent imbalance, how can non-equilibrium move towards equilibrium, how can politics improve and eventually achieve a relatively stable state of social life, can Chinese politics and its main relationships be interpreted from the perspective of equilibrium, and can it be considered that politics in the modern sense is artificially constructing various balanced and harmonious political relations within the framework of the existing system? In our cultural tradition, the concepts of "yin and yang balance", "moderation" and "excess" are deeply rooted, so balance has always been regarded as the ideal state. However, in the process of modern social development, the barbaric aggression of imperialism and our weak position in the contest with it have made the advanced Chinese realize that social change is the only way out, not only to change the law, but also to change it. Change cannot be achieved in the pursuit of balance, and non-equilibrium is the basic choice. Therefore, against the background of the strong expectation and ambition of catching up with and surpassing the developed countries and standing on their own feet among the nations of the world, the constructivism of political development has become more and more intense, and the ideal blueprint designed according to advanced Chinese has been more fully reflected: in the two democratic revolutions in history, the revolutionary side pinned its hopes on the actions and pursuit of "the east wind overwhelms the west wind", "you die and I live", and "one class overthrows the other" to make non-equilibrium the basic driving force for historical development; Even in the process of reform and opening up, we have implemented the modernization path of "letting some people and some regions get rich first", which also reflects the basic demand to promote the political development of contemporary China with unbalanced aspects. If we can examine modern Chinese politics from a balanced perspective based on the beautiful pursuit of the future, then based on the reality of China's political development, non-equilibrium is a good perspective for us to understand political development, political transformation and analyze political life. At the same time, imbalance itself constitutes the dynamic mechanism of political development, so examining Chinese politics may enable us to grasp its inner essence and operating logic more deeply. As C.E. Black said, "There is a limit to what can be achieved by studying society from the point of view that equilibrium is necessary, because society is never equilibrium, it is in a process of constant change". It is this realization that led the author to choose the research perspective and object of this book. The author believes that non-equilibrium is not only the expression and summary of the overall characteristics of the dynamic system of political development, but also the portrayal and embodiment of the political development process and development logic under the design and leadership of specific political subjects. First, political developments are the result of a combination of factors. Engels said: "History is created in such a way that the final result always arises from the conflict of many individual wills, each of which in turn becomes what it is due to many special living conditions." Thus there are innumerable intersecting forces, parallelograms of innumerable forces, from which a synergistic force arises, the historical result, which in turn can be seen as the product of a force acting unconsciously and involuntarily as a whole. For the wishes of any one are hindered by any other, and the result is something that no one has hoped for. So history up to now has always proceeded like a natural process, and in essence it is subject to the same laws of motion. "Power is a system composed of diverse, multi-level, multi-dimensional forces, but the action of each force is not in a state of equilibrium. Among them, there is a certain element that must occupy a central position, play a key role, guide and constrain other factors to jointly promote political development. Second, the actual dynamic system of contemporary China's political development has the imprint of the times and Chinese characteristics. There are three main forces in this dynamic system: first, the external driving force of the lever of international modernization in the era of globalization; the second is the leadership led by the political design and decision-making of the ruling party and government; The third is the internal driving force of the people's own pursuit and yearning for a better life. China is a country that has been operating for a long time on the track of strong country and weak society, power domination and power, and has obtained a high degree of political legitimacy supported by strong traditional culture, especially the very strong mobilization ability and social resource integration ability of the modern society, as well as the top-level design institutional arrangements widely recognized in all fields of society, make the leadership led by the political design and decision-making of the party and government the fundamental of the three forces. Finally, the constructivist color of political development inevitably makes non-equilibrium the basic embodiment of the internal logic of political development. Politics carries people's expectations for a better social life, and the priority of these goals and expectations determines the sequence and uneven nature of political development. It is this imbalance that allows political development to maintain a certain pressure and tension in the process of transition from tradition to modernity, so as not to cause a decline due to the imbalance of other forces. Unbalanced development is a development strategy that drives the whole through partial breakthroughs and then expands the results of the war, which is to "concentrate forces to do great things", realize the effective gathering and use of limited forces, so as to promote effective development, and through gradual increase and accumulation of the legitimacy of development, pry the heavy carriage of Chinese society into the track of benign operation. Of course, any choice is risky, and the imequilibrium can deviate political development from the right track from the beginning because of the limited nature of human reason, and the consequences will get worse and worse if other constraints remain equal. This book is a useful attempt to interpret the dynamics and logic of contemporary China's political development from a non-balanced perspective. The author puts forward some more innovative views, which not only help to understand the choice of the party and the state for the current political development strategy, but also provides relevant theoretical reference and support for the government's policy formulation, and has certain novelties in theoretical views and practical applications. As far as academic research itself is concerned, on the basis of sorting out and summarizing the basic views of Marxism on "non-equilibrium" and the relevant theories of non-equilibrium theory in Western academic circles, it is valuable to make basic provisions and interpretations of the non-equilibrium of the dynamic system of political development, and to discuss and analyze its characteristics, significance and operating logic in depth. Perhaps the scientific nature of the views in this book needs to be verified, and some views are not mature enough, but in the process of explaining and arguing, the discussion of non-equilibrium academic analysis, theoretical construction, and non-equilibrium value rationality has confirmed some of the author's thinking on the basic issues of Marxist political development theory. If this book can provide a platform for academic debate, the author's purpose will be achieved. Wang Jun tied up in Xi'an/Yanta in the spring of 2016