ZHOU Weijie;

• 1:School of Marxism
• 2:Nankai University

Abstract：

“Patient capital”, as a critical pillar for developing new quality productive forces, demands deeper theoretical exploration. Current scholarship predominantly focuses on its instrumental functions while inadequately examining its capital nature from a political economy perspective. Patient capital does not alter capital's fundamental pursuit of surplus value; its “patience” merely represents a strategic adaptation to high-tech, long-cycle industries for sustained value appreciation. In essence, it constitutes a historical form of capital that must be harnessed during the primary stage of socialism to liberate and develop productive forces, yet remains bound by historical limitations and intrinsic risks. Presently, China's patient capital development confronts practical challenges including: capital's inherent short-term profit-seeking tendencies, financial structures prioritizing short-term gains, short-term-oriented performance evaluation systems, and the ensuing “involutionary” market competition. To systematically cultivate and regulate patient capital, three foundational principles rooted in China's socialist economic system must be upheld: maintaining public ownership as the dominant form to orient its trajectory, ensuring distribution according to labor and shared benefits to define its purpose, and strengthening the Party's comprehensive leadership to guarantee its governance. Only thus can capital's dynamics be effectively channeled to serve the grand objectives of Chinese modernization.

Key Words： patient capital;political economy;capital nature;new quality productive forces;public ownership

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