ABSTRACT
One of the theoretical bases of Cui Zhiyuan's institutional innovation and institutional design is "New Evolutionism". The formation of biological traits can be explained by a creature's natural variation and natural selection, based on the classical theory of evolution. The negations of Stalin's socialist pattern and planned economy in the late 20th century have largely proved that Karl Popper's criticism of the so-called utopian social engineering was justified. Cui's second theoretical basis is Analytical Marxism. Comments on "institutional fetishism" also appeared in Japan's modernization process. Cui put forward the concept of "the second ideological emancipation" based on the thought that "institutional fetishism" prevails in China now. China's reality constituted another level of Unger's and Cui's argumentation. They attached great importance to China's ongoing reform and selected instances with Chinese characteristics as the foundation of its institutional innovation.
