Human needs is an essential category and one of the three logical starting-points of Marxist historical materialism. In order to illustrate the history self-motivatedly and materially, according to Marx and Engels, there are three factors that form the logical starting point of historical materialism: production, human needs and reproduction of human beings themselves, so Marx and Engels regard human needs as the fundamental research of social history. Meanwhile, human needs is closely related to human nature and practical activities. It is essential human nature, the prerequisite and foundation of forming social relationship among human beings, the internal factor of production, and the mover of all practical activities. Human needs are various among the abundant social activities and they will develop with the improvement of society and history.Considering human needs is very important to humanity's living and developing, and also important to social production. The article is designed to discuss the topic of human needs on the base of Marx's theory of needs, and expected to discern his overall theory of needs. Furthermore, the article combines Chinese domestic situation together with the research and illustrates how Chairman Mao Zedong, Mr. Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Mr. Hu Jintao operate and develop Marx's theory of needs in different historical periods of Constructing socialism respectively.
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