Ma Yinchu (1June 24th, 882 to1May10,0982), born in Shengxian County, Zhejiang Province, Han nationality, was a famous economist and demographer in China. Ma Yinchu has been engaged in economics teaching, research and educational administration for a long time, which has made historic contributions to the development of population science in China. Ma Yinchu's major works include Introduction to Economics, History of Capitalism Development, My Economic Theory, Philosophy and Political Standpoint, New Population Theory, Ma Yinchu Economic Essays, etc.

190 1, admitted to Tianjin Beiyang university majoring in metallurgy; 1907 went to Yale university to study economics; 19 10 entered Columbia university to specialize in practical economics; 19 14 received a double doctorate in economics and philosophy. Later, he entered new york University to study business.

Major achievements

As early as the early 1950s, he paid attention to and began to study the reality of the rapid population growth in China. In the famous New Population Theory, China's population problem was systematically discussed, and the proposition that China's population grew too fast was put forward. It is considered that from 1953 to 1957, the population of China has probably exceeded the result of the annual population growth rate of 20‰ obtained by 1953 census.

If the doubling rate of 20‰ is estimated according to the statistics of 1953, thirty years later, compared with the actual population, it will be a thousand miles away. This paper expounds the necessity and urgency of population control from aspects of accelerating capital accumulation, improving science and technology, improving labor productivity and people's material and cultural level, and increasing industrial raw materials.