所谓横向经济联合,是相对于我国原来以纵向条条为主的经济联合而言的。它有两种基本形式:一是企业之间的联合;二是区域之间的联合。其中,企业之间的联合是基础,也是当前推动横向经济联合的重点所在。横向经济联合是企业以相对独立的商品生产者的身份,在自愿互利的原则下,打破地区、部门和所有制的界限,而形成的一种新的企业群体或企业集团。它是在冲击不适应生产力进一步发展的种种束缚中应运而生的。目前仅就其内容而言,有工工、工农、工商、农商、工农商、生产 The so-called horizontal economic union is relative to the original economic union in our country which was mainly vertical. It has two basic forms: one is the union between enterprises; the other is the union between regions. Among them, the alliance between enterprises is the foundation, which is also the key point for promoting the horizontal economic integration at present. The horizontal economic union is a new group of enterprises or conglomerates formed by enterprises under the principle of voluntary and mutually beneficial cooperation to break the boundaries of regions, sectors and ownership with the relatively independent commodity producers. It came into being under the various constraints that shocks are not suited to the further development of the productive forces. As far as its content is concerned, there are workers and workers, workers and peasants, industry and commerce, farmers, workers and peasants, and producers