A Study Of Liu Shaoqi's Economic Thought On New Democracy Before And After The Establishment Of PRC

Liu Shaoqi is a great marxist, and one of the major leaders of the Communist Party of China and People's Republic of China. His economic thought on the New Democracy before and after the establishment of PRC is very rich in content and owns plenty of unique understandings. The thought also adds new wealth to Marxism Political Economics and Mao Zedong Thought, contributing greatly to new China's economic development and the exploration of a road of socialism with Chinese characteristics .The formation of Liu Shaoqi's economic thought on the New Democracy is not an accident at all. The theoretical sources of his thought include Marx and Engels'imagination about the eastern world's developping road in their later years, Lenin's theory and practice about building socialism in backward countries, as well as Mao Zedong's statement of a new-democratic society. Liu Shaoqi's economic thought on the New Democracy has experienced a process of germination, formation, development and interruption. During the construction of a new-democracy economy before and after the establishment of PRC, Liu Shaoqi probed deeply into several big problems. These problems are mainly the central task of the new-democratic society, various economic elements, the strategic steps of Chinese industrialization development, the consolidation of the new-democratic system, the transition to socialism, etc. During this period, he pointed out a series of principles of the construction of the new-democratic economy. Liu Shaoqi'thought is of great value in both theory and practice. What'more, it has promoted the development of China's economy in the early period of PRC, and also it has provided many valuable experiences for the current construction of socialism modernization. Meanwhile, because of the limitations of theory and practice, Liu Shaoqi's economic thought on the New Democracy has some shortcomings, such as the loose cognition, some defects in policies and measures.Nowadays, while we are deepening quickly the reform of economic system, and building a harmonious socialist society, Liu Shaoqi's thought has enlightened us greatly as to the current economic development. That is, building socialism, we should combine Marxism with the specific practice in China, persisting in the ideological line of seeking truth from facts; we should treat capitalism correctly and deal with the relationship between socialism and capitalism correctly; we should follow the objective economic regular patterns, persisting in the center of developing economy and developping vigorously social productivity; we should always respect people and preserve the fundamental benefit of people; we should base ourselves upon the situation of China, realizing correctly which stage our country is in.