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The Origin Of Deng Xiaoping's "Getting Rich First" Thought

Posted on:2008-02-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S Y ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360272967929Subject:Marxist theory and ideological and political education
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Since Deng Xiaoping proposed the policy of "getting rich first" at the beginning of China's reforming its economic management system and opening to the outside world, China has done away with the shackles of egalitarianism. The massive enthusiasm is fully aroused, and the whole society has experienced the earth-shaking changes to the joy. Meanwhile, the growing wide gap between the rich and the poor has brought about a series of negative effects on the society, which has made people re-examine Deng Xiaoping'policy of "getting rich first": How was the theory proposed? Is it reasonable? What is the theory founded on? These questions make it necessary to trace back to the origin of Deng Xiaoping's theory of "getting rich first",which is of great theoretical and practical significance.Deng Xiaoping's thought of "getting rich first" includes the four stages of brewing, suggesting, developing and perfecting. In it Deng makes a systematic exposition. He discusses several questions like who can get rich first; on what condition one can get rich first; what significance it has to encourage some people to get rich first, etc. It is the inheritance and development of the "getting rich first" thought of marxist classical writers such as Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong; it also inherits and goes beyond the chinese traditional economic concept, such as justice and benefit unified concept, enriching the people theory and economic freedom. It is based on the domestic as well as foreign realities; It sums up the experience of and lessons from not only the China's construction practice, but also the foreign construction practice, including the lessons from the failure of the radical reform of the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Europe and the experience of the successful economic development of some developed countries and regions.By tracing back to the origin, we can conclude that Deng Xiaoping's "getting rich first" thought has good grounds; it is based on abundant theories and a great number of facts. To make a study of the origin of the thought of "getting rich first" is helpful for us to profoundly master Deng Xiaoping's thought of "getting rich first", and then understand better the system of Deng Xiaoping's Theory and finally highly lift up the flag of Deng Xiaoping's Theory.
Keywords/Search Tags:getting rich first, distribution according to work, egalitarianism, planned economy, market economy
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