我国从开始关注循环经济理念,到今天把循环经济定为国家发展的基本国策之一,已经历了十余个年头。从理论探索到工程实践，在多学科共同交叉研究中，许多专家学者提出了诸多基本理念。为了承上启下，笔者试图对这方面的创新思想进行总括，作为进一步以工程科技创新推进循环经济发展的指导思想。

It has been over a decade since China paid close attention to the concept of circular economy. During this period the country made promoting circular economy as one of the basic national development strategies. There are many ideas and theories which have been brought forward and explored by experts and researchers from multi disciplines. As a connecting link between the preceding and the following, this paper summarizes and comments one of those most important ideas and theories, which could be used as general guidelines for innovation to boost the circular economy.

金涌（1935—），男，北京市人，清华大学教授，中国工程院院士，博士生导师，研究方向主要为化学工程及生态化工研究