Deng’s Theoretical Contribution To Marxism Since The Reform And Opening Up Started

Since she was born90years ago, China Communist Party has led Chinese peopleto attain great achievements on revolution, construction and reform. The fundamentalreason for those achievements is that CPC always adheres to the Masses View and themass line. Under the specific historical condition of China’s social development, asthe key person of the second generation of collective leadership and the founder ofsystem of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Deng Xiaoping not only carries onthe Masses View by Marx and Mao, but also develops it and innovates. The MassesView goes through the whole Deng Xiaoping Theory.Based on the practice in the reform and opening-up and Socialist ModernizationDrive, Deng further expounds the Masses View of Marxism. He sets up criteria forevery work, i.e., the people’s opinions and three favorables. The Masses View byDeng forms and develops on the bases of the pros and cons of China‘s socialconstruction, lessons of other nations’ failure and success and the thinking ofdifficulties and problems. He integrates the Masses View, the idelogiical line of CPC,the essence and basic task of socialism, reform and opening-up and Party building,and combines the Masses View with the theory of socialism with Chinesecharacteristics, thus enrich the contents of the Masses View, bring into it clear-cutfeatures of the era.Maintaining and practicing the Masses View of Deng is the NecessaryRequisition of constructing the core value system of socialism, the intrinsic need ofbuilding Harmonious Society and the essential guarantee to realize a Fairly Well-offSociety. In new era, we should take Deng’s Masses View as a guideline to study newsituations, to solve new problems, to maintain ties with the masses, to protect themasses’ basic interest, to favor the grass-roots units and to resolve the contradiction atthe grass-roots level and in the bud. When practice the Masses View we should becautious to use the correct scientific methods. First, we should energeticallystrengthen Party Building, exert power for the people, think with them and makeinterest for them. Second, we should maintain and improve the Masses line andmaintain close relationship between Party and Masses. Last but not least, we shouldstudy and investigate the core and central issue concerning the Masses’ interest andpay attention to livelihood and opinions of the Masses.