Abstract：From the point of view of national economy development, Friedrich List viewed the protective tariff as a great of help to set up and expand the native economy, but not the most. Therefore he advocated that the state should bring the intervening means into full play. He supported the distinguishable, controllable, and advancing methods of protective tariff. List's thought expressed the German bourgeois demands in the first half of the 19th century, promoting the industrial and commercial growth by the state finances.
