Abstract: The research on the theory of Chinese economic innovation and development from the Chinese real situation should be the one of the most important tasks of Chinese theory economics.The German economic thinker Friedrieh List,who is the real pioneer in the field of development economies in the economical thinking history,has set a good example for us. Based on his works The National System of Political Economies,this essay elaborates on the framework of the List development theory as well as his contribution to development economics,and especially emphasizes the practical significance and the enlightenment of Friedrich List's research on the national economic development theory from the real situation of Germany at that time.