On Harmonious Society In The Perspective Of Political Compromise

The harmonious society is the ideal social state which human beings assiduously seek. During the period of social transformation in China, the Communist Party put forward the strategy of constructing a harmonious society based on the trend and characteristics that emerge in the new stage of socialist construction. The harmonious society should be people oriented and the core of such a society is political harmony which would assure the harmonious economic development and social stabilization. Besides, political harmony could stimulate people's creativity and vitality of the whole society. The construction of a harmonious socialist society is the process of dealing with various social contradictions correctly on the basis of social development. Political compromise, a universally applicable social regulatory mechanism, doesn't equate "surrender" or "betray" which implies abandoning the principle. Instead, it demonstrates steadfastness of the main principles and flexibility of concrete strategy establishment. In fact, political compromise is an effective and workable method of regulating and resolving contradictions. Political compromise contains the unity of instrumental rationality and valuable rationality. The purpose of constructing a harmonious socialist society is to assure the sustainable harmony of our society. This requires the construction of a series of technofied and kerosene systems to deal with social, political, and economic affairs. It also requires the construction of democratic and legal systems to smooth down contradictions and resolve conflicts. Furthermore, it requires the construction of a social and political platform which demonstrates the democracy of modern constitutional government and every person could take part in it equally.Political compromise aims at resolving conflicts and contradictions peacefully, avoiding violence. The ultimate goal of constructing a harmonious society is to make sure different parties get along with each other well, even if there are contradictions among them. Political compromise helps to improve the level of political system in that it will bring the formation of the rules of conduct. Sustainable political compromises and systematic intensification lead to the existence and continuation of adaptive and complicated political systems. In other words, the level of political systems is much higher. When the political subjects realize that its appeal for interests could win respect from the other party and could be met in the established framework, they are encouraged to follow the existing rules and they will be more willing to take part in the process of dealing with political, affairs. In this way, the established political systems will be sustainable and in order; political stabilization and the harmony of society will be realized.