Building a harmonious socialist society is an important strategic thought put forward by our party from the overall situation of building a well-off society in an all-round way and constantly creating a new situation in Socialism with Chinese characteristics. As an important achievement of our party's theoretical innovation, this important strategic thought has a profound theoretical foundation and distinct practical pertinence. It is the application and development of Marxist philosophy, especially historical materialism, and provides scientific guidance for China's economic and social development.
Expand the theoretical horizon of grasping social form.
Historical materialism holds that society is a complex organism with human beings as the main body, nature as the environment and material production as the basis, which is composed of the interaction of productive forces, production relations (economic base) and superstructure. For society, we can analyze it from many angles. For example, from the unity of economic and social forms, that is, economic base and superstructure (that is, social system), society can be divided into primitive society, slave society, feudal society, capitalist society and capitalist society; From the perspective of technological social form, that is, productivity development, society can be divided into fishing and hunting society, agricultural society, industrial society and modern (information) society; From the perspective of human development, society can be divided into three types: one is based on human dependence, the other is based on material dependence, and the other is based on human all-round development. Among them, the social form of technology, that is, the development of productive forces, is basic and main, the social form of economy, that is, the social system, is based on and serves the former, and the all-round development of human beings is the essence and foundation of social development.
The so-called harmonious society refers to a society in which productivity, relations of production (economic base) and superstructure, economy, politics, culture and society, man and society, man and nature, man's own body and mind and so on coordinate and promote each other. Historical facts show that there has been a state of harmonious society in the history of human social development, that is, various elements and levels of society are relatively coordinated and stable. However, they are harmony based on different productive forces and under different social system conditions, so they are different in nature and level.
The harmonious society we are building now is a socialist harmonious society. Our Party's analysis of a harmonious socialist society is based on the theory of historical materialism about the economic and technological social forms of social history, and adds the basic requirements of "social harmony". If the analysis of economic, technological and social patterns focuses on grasping the society from the historical process or vertical angle, then the theory of harmonious society not only accurately grasps our historical position and realistic national conditions, but also puts forward the fundamental requirements for the coordinated development and all-round progress of economic construction, political construction, cultural construction and social construction from the perspective of horizontal or overall social layout. Therefore, the theory of harmonious society expands the theoretical horizon of grasping social form and enriches and develops the theory of social form of historical materialism. It has pointed out a beautiful and accessible vision for the 654.38+300 million people in China, which has important guiding significance for the healthy economic and social development of China.
It embodies a profound understanding of the law of social development.
Historical materialism holds that the relationship between productive forces and production relations, economic base and superstructure, and social class is a key to understand and grasp the social nature and state. If there is a serious conflict between the productive forces and the relations of production, the economic base and the superstructure of a society, and the interpersonal relationship is the fundamental opposition between the ruling class and the ruled class, then it is impossible to build a harmonious society.
At the present stage in China, on the whole, the relations of production are basically compatible with productivity, superstructure and economic base, and the fundamental interests of different classes and social groups are the same. Although there are still a few serious criminals who endanger society, the contradiction between them and the people's interests is opposite, but this contradiction no longer occupies the main position. Non-antagonistic contradictions occupy the main position, which is the objective basis for our party to put forward the theory of building a harmonious socialist society.
At the same time, it is also the need to build a harmonious socialist society. At present, China has entered a critical period of reform and development. This period is both a "golden period of development" and a "period of prominent contradictions". Contradictions and problems such as income gap, regional differences, conflicts of interest, corruption, emergencies, environmental pollution and even international trade frictions all exist objectively. If these contradictions and problems are left unchecked, it may lead to social unrest and conflicts and undermine China's socialist modernization. The process of industrialization in the early stage of capitalism is a process of sharp intensification of social contradictions, extremely fierce class contradictions and serious destruction of the ecological environment. We should avoid repeating this mistake. Therefore, we must have a sense of crisis and hardship, take precautions and attach great importance to solving various social contradictions and problems. This is also the main purpose of our party's emphasis on building a harmonious socialist society.
It should also be noted that a harmonious society is historic. Harmony is historical and depends on specific historical conditions. Different times and countries have different degrees of harmony. In the primary stage of socialism, many differences and contradictions are not transferred by people's subjective will, and it is impossible to achieve a high standard of harmony. Therefore, the theory of harmonious society emphasizes that the understanding of social harmony at this stage should not be too idealistic. This also reflects the rational grasp of history and the regularity of social development. We should base ourselves on reality and do what historical conditions permit. It takes a long and arduous struggle to build a beautiful society and realize the lofty ideals of mankind.
To sum up, the great strategic thought of building a harmonious socialist society put forward by our party is the result of a profound grasp of the laws governing the development of human society and socialist construction on the basis of scientific analysis of China's current productive forces and relations of production, economic base, superstructure and social strata.
Carry forward the value ideal of seeking benefits for the vast majority of people.
The purpose of building a harmonious socialist society is to achieve "coordination in development". No matter development or coordination, in the final analysis, it is for people, in order to realize, safeguard and develop the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. Building a harmonious socialist society is highly consistent with Scientific Outlook on Development's people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development. Scientific Outlook on Development is a concentrated expression of the world outlook and methodology guiding development, and building a harmonious socialist society is an inevitable requirement for fully implementing Scientific Outlook on Development. They all embody the value ideal of Marxism for the benefit of the overwhelming majority of the people on the basis of respecting the objective laws, especially the laws of social development.
The starting point and destination of building a harmonious socialist society is to create good conditions and environment for the survival and development of the broad masses of the people. It conforms to the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people and reflects their common aspirations. Democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and friendship, vitality, stability and order, and harmony between man and nature are the demands of contemporary China.
A good life needs people to create. People are the main body of social and historical development, and also the main body of building a harmonious socialist society. In the process of building a harmonious socialist society, everyone is a subject who can make a difference and also bears certain social responsibilities. Only by fully mobilizing the enthusiasm of the broad masses of the people, fully relying on the strength of the broad masses of the people, and making everyone start from themselves and things around them, can the civilization level of the whole society be greatly improved and a harmonious socialist society be built.
The highest "judge" to judge social harmony is the broad masses of the people. Therefore, we should take people's support or disapproval, approval or disapproval, happiness or unhappiness, agreement or disagreement as the decision-making basis for building a harmonious socialist society.
It embodies the scientific method to deal with social contradictions.
Contradictory analysis is the basic method of historical materialism to deal with social problems. Social contradictions are various, including antagonistic contradictions and non-antagonistic contradictions. Different policies should be adopted for different social contradictions. At present, most of the social contradictions in our country are non-antagonistic contradictions among the people. We should do more coordination, settlement, communication and consultation, and guide the work, taking into account the interests of all parties, rather than adopting antagonistic contradictions. At the same time, we should also oppose the wrong practice of blindly exposing contradictions, exaggerating differences and exaggerating problems regardless of the actual consequences, because that will not only help solve contradictions and problems, but will aggravate people's psychological imbalance.
Our party's proposal to build a harmonious socialist society does not mean to eliminate all social differences, nor does it mean not to talk about right and wrong and not to demand harmony. An important principle of a harmonious society is "harmony but difference". "Difference" means diversity and difference, which is the premise and foundation of "harmony" means unity and consistency. It is an important goal of building a harmonious socialist society to achieve harmony from each according to his ability. At the same time, the harmony we want to achieve is the harmony with principles and right and wrong. Maintaining the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, realizing democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and friendship, stability and order, and harmonious coexistence between man and nature are the basic principles, and speeches and behaviors that violate these basic principles must be corrected. Harmony is not the opposite concept to struggle, it does not exclude struggle. On the one hand, it is impossible for us to talk about harmony with a few serious criminals who endanger society and foreign hostile forces. On the contrary, only by resolutely fighting with them can we ensure the stability and harmony of the vast majority of people; On the other hand, even among the people, right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and ugliness, good and bad still exist objectively, and we still need some struggles to distinguish them. Of course, the forms of struggle mentioned here are various, including criticism and self-criticism, education and persuasion, stopping and punishment, and so on. Among the people, it is especially necessary to pay attention to the methods and effects of struggle, limit the struggle to the necessary scope, and avoid confrontation and conflict.
On the basis of adhering to the basic methods of historical materialism to deal with social contradictions, our party further emphasizes that in the primary stage of socialism, when non-confrontational contradictions dominate, development and reform should be used to deal with social contradictions. We must concentrate the main strength of all the people on development, strive to create more social wealth, and lay a solid foundation for improving people's material and cultural living standards. Only in this way can we achieve the goal of "a rising tide lifts all boats, * * * win more". At the same time, it is necessary to further reform and improve various systems and systems, adjust social interest relations, and pay special attention to safeguarding the interests of the people in need, so that all people can enjoy the fruits of economic and social development and people from all regions, departments and classes can live in harmony.