Comparative Study Of Democratic Socialism And Socialism With Chinese Characteristics

To make a comparative study of Democratic Socialism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is relating to the key issue of which political stand we should hold and which road we should take. This essay adopts the basic approach of Marxist historical materialism and dialectical materialism, integrates historical and logical analysis, combines individual case analysis and synthetical study, it mainly applies the approach of comparative study to analyze, compare and study the basic issues of historical evolution, theoretical origin, ideology, political proposition, economic system, international policy of Democratic Socialism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in a deep going and systematic way and to see clearly that Democratic Socialism is essentially non-Marxist reformism ideological trend, which is absolutely not socialism, and is not even so-called orthodox socialism. To practice Democratic Socialism can not solve the problem China encounters when developing. Only Socialism can save China, and only Socialism with Chinese Characteristics can develop China, we should never practice Democratic Socialism. We should draw boundaries in accordance with Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Democratic Socialism, which are two totally different kinds of ideological system and developing road, and between which there are eleven aspects of principle distinction in historical background, theoretical origin, guiding ideology, value system, philosophy basis, national states concepts, political party system, ownership concepts, economic movement system concepts, welfare states concepts, international policy and so on. We should adhere to the principle of the unity of party spirit and objectivity and justice to treat merits and demerits and developing trend of Democratic Socialism and conscientiously combine principles and concrete matters relating to work, positively face the challenge of Democratic Socialism. We must unswervingly insist on and develop Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and make our socialist road broader.