Abstract: In the development of Chinese economy, the First Five-year Plan a nd the Tenth one have particular significance. The implementation of the First Fiv e-year Plan brought about the highly centralized distribution of resources. The Tenth Five-year Plan is the First Five-year Plan after the establishment of the socialist market economy. The First Five-year Plan copied the reforms in sys tem and the strategy in economic Five-year Plan results from our efforts to sti ck to the socialist route with Chinese characteristics. The development from the First Five-year Plan to the Tenth one implies the change from directive planni ng to guiding planning. Market instead of government becomes the subject of the distribution of resources.