On Thought, Deng Xiaoping's Leadership Is Service

The idea of "leadership is service" was proposed by Deng Xiaoping in the period of China's reform and opening up and construction of socialist modernization with Chinese characteristics which has its special theoretical and practical significance. At the beginning of China's reform and opening up, the question of leadership's work and life style was became more serious. Deng Xiaoping keen insight into the emergence of these new circumstances, and in 1985 he raise this profound scientific thesis on the Education Conference. Deng Xiaoping's "leadership is service" idea was inherit to the thoughts of Marx, Engels, Lenin's "public servants" and Mao Zedong's "serve to the people".This thought was tested by uccessful and unsuccessful experience of Soviet Union, China, Eastern Europe and other socialist countries and it has solid theoretical foundation and rich foundation of practice.Deng Xiaoping's "leadership is service" idea has a wide range of rich content: the leader is the people's service providers; firmly believe that people are the leading source of strength, always maintain close ties with the people; leaders must correct view of power, a correct view ofperformance; leaders must consciously against wrong tendencies and so on.The rich contents have an important guide and reference significance to constructing socialist modernization with Chinese characteristics.The main content of this article focus on the Deng Xiaoping's "leadership is service" in contemporary practice. The idea Jiang Zemin's "Three Represents" and Hu Jintao's " For People" thought that put forward under the guidance of scientific development is the innovation to Deng Xiaoping, "leadership is service" in the theory and practice. Jiang Zemin's "Three Represents" important thought is the system of innovation theory which is proposed in turn of the century, the world situation, circumstances, feelings of profound changes in the party's situation. The theoretical system extends the Deng Xiaoping's "leader ship is service"content and deepen its theoretical depth. Hu Jintao's " For People" thought that put forward under the guidance of scientific development is important theoretical and practical significance of thinking in the new century and new stage and this idea is the enrichment and development to the Deng Xiaoping's "leadership is service" thinking. Through researching Deng Xiaoping's "leadership is service" thinking in the contemporary practice, we can more fully understand the thinking 's great theoretical and practical significance, particularly in today's era in which constructing clean and honest government is very prominent issue, the idea no doubt has more significance.