%0 Journal Article %T Ethnological Economics with Chinese Attributes: History and Theoretical Contributions %A Robert Guang Tian %A Yangkuo Li %J Theoretical Economics Letters %P 292-320 %@ 2162-2086 %D 2024 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/tel.2024.141017 %X This paper aims to comprehensively review the development of ethnological economics and its main theoretical contributions by presenting an introduction to the international community of applied economics to attract their attention. Ethnological economics is a branch of applied economics that studies the economy of ethnic minorities and ethnic regions, mainly in China. It discusses the content and development history of ethnological economics, details the contents of ethnological economics in different periods since the reform and opening up and composes the research history of ethnic economics. It also summarizes the significance of ethnological economics, emphasizes its role in promoting the collaborative economic development of ethnic regions in China, and provides an outlook for future research. %K Ethnological Economics %K Development History %K Reform and Opening Up %K Economic Development %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131657