Mao Zedong’s Mass Line Thought And Its Contemporary Significance

The masses are the backbone of social economic development,therefore, the masses are always an important issue in which theparty and the country are concerned. Mao Zedong’s mass line thoughtnot only plays an important role in the revolution, also plays a veryimportant role in the period of socialist construction today. Therefore,further research on Mao Zedong’s mass line thought and itssignificance in the contemporary social development have greatsignificance to research.The formation of Mao Zedong’s mass line thought is a verytortuous historical process, its development experienced germination,formation, finally reaching maturity. In the process of its development,Mao Zedong Thought of the mass line formed a complete content,including the people’s interests are the interests of the party; thepeople are the source of the power of the party; the party and themasses of the people are related by flesh and blood. After thefounding of new China, the development of Mao Zedong’s mass linethough does not stop, on the contrary, the new Chinese leadership ofMao Zedong Thought of the mass line gives new conforms to thecontent. Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s "all is conducive to raise people’sliving standards"; Comrade Jiang Zemin’s "our party must always represent the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority ofthe Chinese people"; Hu Jintao’s "people-oriented" concept, the newcollective leadership of the "make people share the life out ofopportunity"; these thoughts embody the mass line thought of MaoZedong glorious connotation. Mao Zedong’s mass line thought has thespecial significance in the contemporary era of development. Intheory, Mao Zedong Thought of the mass line is the inheritance anddevelopment of Marx Lenin’s, and it also lays the foundation for ourparty mass theory development; in reality, Mao Zedong’s mass linethought has a important significance to build the Party style and cleangovernment, to build a harmonious society, to realize social equityand justice, to enable people to share the fruits of reform anddevelopment.Mao Zedong’s mass line thought is one of the living soul of MaoZedong thought. Study on the formation and content of the mass lineof Mao Zedong thought plays an important role in the exploration ofits contemporary significance.