Abstract: The teaching of political economic principles is, on one hand, important contents in the classroom teaching of ideological politics in universities, and, on the other hand, theoretical basis and important practical mechanism of ideological political education. Marxist political economic principles are a theoretical basis for assisting students in firming communist belief, understanding developing laws of human society and mastering scientific methodology. The “scientificity” of contents of the ideological political education can be strengthened by the teaching of Marxist political economics, as to have a better realization of education function for ideological politics in Marist theoretical education.

Key words: Marxism, Political economic principles, ideological political education, “problem” consciousness