Finance is the lifeblood of the national economy and an important part of the core competitiveness of the country. Promoting high-quality development of finance, speeding up the construction of a powerful nation in finance, is the goal set by the Central Conference on Finance in 2023, and building an independent knowledge system Chinese finance is the inevitable requirement to achieve this goal. The core task of compiling the "Chinese Finance" textbook is to promote the construction of an independent knowledge system, and to present disseminate it widely through textbooks. To build an independent knowledge system of Chinese finance, we must adhere to the basic principles of Marxist political economy, take Xi Jinping Thought onism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's economic thought, as the guide, systematically sort out the basic principles and methods of Chinese financial studies on basis of the existing knowledge of financial disciplines, systematically elucidate the inherent laws of the road of financial development with Chinese characteristics, and explore new materials, discover new problems, put new viewpoints and build new theories from the financial practice of our country, so as to form a systematic theory of finance. 

The scientific methodology of constructing the knowledge system of China's finance
To construct the independent knowledge system of China's finance, it is necessary to what kind of scientific methodology should be based on and what kind of standpoint should be adhered to. This is the key to answer for whom people should be trained and how to train.