Aiming at the argument that private economy is a vague concept, this article believes that the private economy in narrow sense indicates the non-public owned economy such as sole proprietorship.

• 本文针对“民营经济是一个模糊的概念”之说,认为狭义的民营经济指个私等非公有制经济;广义的则除了个私经济外,还包括非国有经济中的公有制经济。