ABSTRACT
Psychoanalysis is a psychological treatment that provides containment and an environment which has been described close to the maternal environment. The most suitable environment for growth is the psychoanalytic setting. The curative effect of psychoanalysis can be demonstrated by the growth and increased maturity of the patient. Interest in psychoanalysis and in practicing psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy has a long and a short history in China. In China the economic reforms have been a mixture of free market and government participation, so inevitability there have been inequality and unfairness. Psychoanalysis is a useful scientific treatment for patients' mental health. The clinical practice and some outcome studies have proved that psychoanalysis is also economic and effective. Modern Chinese are gradually accepting psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy as optional ways to deal with their psychological problems and inner conflicts. The International Psychoanalytic Association analysts have done important work over the past twenty-seven years in developing psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in China.
