在中央“振兴东北”决策的鼓舞下,东北地区的政府官员、企业家和学者们都在纷纷议论怎样推进经济体制改革、促进经济发展,陷入困境的东北老工业基地由此而展现了一片生机。本文试图在揭示东北老工业基地社会基础的地位、特点和变化的基础上,讨论发展东北老工业基地经济需要重建社会基础的内容与途径,以期为“振兴东北”做一点有益的思考。 Inspired by the central government’s “rejuvenating the northeast” policy, government officials, entrepreneurs and scholars in the northeast region are all discussing how to promote economic restructuring and promote economic development, thus showing the vitality of the troubled northeast old industrial base . Based on the revelation of the status, characteristics and changes of the social foundation of northeast old industrial base, this article attempts to discuss the contents and ways of economic reconstruction of northeast old industrial base in order to rebuild the social foundation in order to do some beneficial thinking for “Revitalizing the Northeast”.