| Productivity theory is the basic theory of Marxist philosophy,political economy and scientific socialism.It is also the key theoretical basis for the Communist Party of China(CPC)to define the historical development stage and formulate the program of the times,which has an important theoretical position,Xi Jinping emphasized that"the ability of the Party and the people’s cause to move forward in the right direction depends on our ability to accurately understand and grasp the major social contradictions and determine the central tasks." Over the past century,the CPC has always been based on the principle of productive forces,scientifically judged the main social contradictions,central tasks,routes,principles and policies for the liberation and development of productive forces,and realized the systematic understanding of the theory in the course of the sinicization of Marxist productive forces theory.At the same time,Marxists in various historical stages have deepened the study of Marxist productivity theory with the logical approach of the introduction of Marxist productivity theory—initial exploration—rich development—deepen understanding.Guided by dialectical materialism and historical materialism,this paper combs the process of sinicization of Marxist productivity theory,explains the theoretical understanding and practical creation of sinicization of Marxist productivity theory,and promotes the research on the process and experience of sinicization of Marxist productivity theory.Interpreting the basic concepts and defining the history stage is the logical starting point and the fundamental work of the study.Marxist productivity theory involves a series of basic concepts.This paper focuses on the interpretation of core concepts such as productivity,production relations and production methods.According to the division of the party’s century-old historical stages in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Resolution on the Great Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party’s Centennial Struggle,and the typical characteristics of the sinicization of Marxist productivity theory in each historical stage,this paper divides the process of the sinicization of Marxist productivity theory into four stages.Marxist productivity theory is a scientific theoretical system gradually formed based on proletarian revolutionary practice and rational analysis of predecessors’related theories,and it is the theoretical object of Marxist productivity theory in China.This paper studies the classic works of Marx and Engels in stages and explores the core content of their productivity theory.In the first stage,Marx and Engels demonstrated that "labor is the essence of human beings" in the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844,and revealed that productivity is the category of"human essence" by expounding the concept of "alienated labor",and pointed out in Holy Family that "material productivity is the material premise of all social life".In the second stage,Marx and Engels formed a classic proposition that "productive forces determine relations of production" in Poverty of Philosophy.In the works such as Introduction to Criticism of Political Economy,Preface to Criticism of Political Economy and communist party Declaration,they made a classic expression of historical materialism,revealing that the contradictory movement between productive forces and relations of production is the root of social revolution,and then summarized the basic laws of human social development.In the third stage,Marx and Engels thoroughly investigated the general process of social capital reproduction in Das Kapital,clarified and revealed a series of basic principles and operating laws of capitalist production,and promoted the development and generation of productivity theory.Lenin and Stalin used Marx and Engels’ productivity theory to guide the socialist practice in the Soviet Union,and realized a new understanding of the status,elements,development law and development mode of productivity,which had great influence on the introduction and application of Marxist productivity theory in China.The opening of the sinicization of Marxist productivity theory during the New Democracy revolution.Since modern times,Marxism has been introduced into China with various "doctrines" and "doctrines".Advanced Marxist scholars have deepened their understanding of Marxist productivity theory through discussions,debates,public speeches,and other means of studying Marxist theory.The CPC,with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative,used the principle of productivity to analyze China’s national conditions,deeply understood the main social contradictions in modern China,and pointed out that the existence of "three mountains" severely constrained the development of social productivity.Based on the theory of basic social contradictions,Mao Zedong proposed that "the old relations of production should be freed,the old relations of production should be overthrown,and a new relations of production should be established by revolutionary methods".He creatively opened up a new path of Chinese revolution,in which the countryside encircled the city and seized power by armed force,and liberated rural and urban productivity through rural land reform,confiscation of bureaucratic capital,and protection of national industry and commerce,Realized the introduction and preliminary understanding of Marxist productivity theory.The promotion of sinicization of Marxist productivity theory during the socialist revolution and construction period.In the 1950s,the CPC called on the whole party to comprehensively study Marxism Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought,and further explored Marxist productivity theory by systematically translating and introducing Marxist theoretical works,especially the Soviet Union’s theoretical works on productivity.The CPC,with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative,recognized that there was still private ownership of means of production that restricted the development of productive forces in the early days of the founding of New China,proposed the socialist transformation of China’s agriculture,handicrafts and capitalist industry and commerce,creatively opened up a path of socialist transformation suitable for Chinese characteristics,and greatly liberated the social productive forces.After the establishment of the socialist system,Mao Zedong,based on China’s specific reality,clarified the main contradictions in China,and thus determined that the main task of the entire nation was to concentrate efforts to develop social productive forces.In exploring the path of socialist construction,he formed theoretical understandings such as the "Theory of Basic Contradictions in Socialist Society",the coordinated development of agricultural priorities,and the"destiny of revolutionary technology".However,the correct line formed at the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC)could not be fully adhered to.There were errors such as the "Great Leap Forward" movement,the people’s commune movement,and the "Cultural Revolution".The political line of "taking class struggle as the key link" seriously deviated from the "productivity standard" and constrained the development of China’s social productivity.The development of sinicization of Marxist productivity theory in the new era of reform and opening up and socialist modernization construction.The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee established the ideological line of"liberating the mind and seeking truth from facts".Under the guidance of this line,Chinese scholars broke through the constraints of old ideas and conducted comprehensive,scientific,and in-depth research on Marxist productivity theory.Deng Xiaoping believed that the main social contradictions proposed by the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China are still valid,and based on the development level of China’s productive forces,made a scientific judgment that China is in the primary stage of socialism,clarifying that the fundamental task of socialism is to liberate and develop productive forces.In the new era,the CPC has implemented a series of major strategies,such as the "reform and opening up strategy",the "science and education strategy",the "sustainable development strategy" and the "scientific outlook on development",to promote the leap forward development of China’s social productivity,and in the practice of leading the people to liberate and develop productivity,Obtaining theoretical understanding such as "technology is the primary productive force" "advanced productive force" "cultural productive force" and"reform is also the liberation of productive forces" has promoted the rapid development of the sinicization of Marxist productive force theory.The deepening of the sinicization of Marxist productivity theory in the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics.The productivity view of the CPC comes down in one continuous line.Xi Jinping proposed that "the most fundamental and urgent task is to further liberate and develop social productivity",which is the essential requirement of socialism,and is also a major issue for the CPC people to"relay exploration and strive to solve".The CPC,represented by Comrade Xi Jinping,made scientific judgments on a series of major theoretical and practical issues in the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics using the principle of productivity,and recognized that China is still in the primary stage of socialism and will remain in the primary stage for a long time,"the main contradiction of our society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people’s growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development".At present,we must adhere to the new development concept of innovation,coordination,green,openness,and sharing,solve the driving forces,imbalances,ecological issues,internal and external linkage issues,and fairness issues of productivity development,and achieve higher quality,more efficient,fairer,and more sustainable development.On the basis of inheriting the Marxist theory of productivity,the CPC has achieved a deeper understanding of the composition of productivity,Productivity value goals and protection of productivity.The Marxist productivity theory has always played an overall and fundamental guiding role in the centennial struggle of the people of all ethnic groups under the leadership of the Party.The process of its localization in China has a clear evolutionary context.It is a typical example of studying the localization of Marxism in China and has accumulated valuable historical experience for further promoting the localization of Marxism in China.In the process of promoting sinicization,the CPC has always adhered to the guiding position of Marxist theory,determined the basic contradictions of the socialist society according to Marx’s historical materialism,and determined the party’s line,principles and policies according to the main social contradictions,thus deepening the understanding of the law of human society development;At the same time,the CPC has always adhered to the "people centered"policy formulation standards and implementation guidelines,aiming to achieve the all-round development of people and society through the liberation and development of productive forces,thus deepening the understanding of the party’s governing laws.The process of sinicization of Marxist productivity theory is also the process of the CPC using productivity principles to guide China’s liberation and development of productivity.It is the historical process of combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific reality and the combination of Chinese excellent traditional culture.It realizes the complementarity between theory and practice.Moreover,the CPC has gradually deepened its understanding of Marxist productivity theory,forming a rich sinicized Marxist productivity theory,which contains the socialist productivity principle with Chinese characteristics with "developing productivity" as the fundamental task of socialism,"productivity development level" as the fundamental basis for the study and judgment of national conditions,and "conducive to the development of productivity" as the fundamental principle for decision-making.It provides important enlightenment for the CPC to further liberate,develop and protect the productive forces and promote the construction of Chinese path to modernization. |