On Mao Zedong’s Concept Of The Masses

There are profound theoretical origins of the formation of Mao Zedong’s massviewpoints. In terms of Mao Zedong’s personal growth process, he contacted theChinese traditional culture of the “people oriented concept” at first, then thedemocratic ideas from western bourgeois, after May4~th Movement，he contacted therelevant expositions of the masses of Marxism-Leninism. Mao Zedong’s massviewpoints is based on the evaluation and absorption of “people oriented concept”,the democratic ideas from western bourgeois and the relevant expositions of themasses of Marxism-Leninism.The formation of Mao Zedong’s mass viewpoints is a historical evolution process.Its development and mature is along with the new democratic revolution and thepractice of socialist construction. It was in embryo in the period of the First GreatRevolution, preliminarily formed in the Agrarian Revolution and developed maturelyin the period of the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation. After the foundationof the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong’s mass viewpoints further developed.But we can draw a profound lesson from the various mass movement launched byMao Zedong in his later years.Mao Zedong’s mass viewpoints has rich connotations, the key value idea ispeople creating the history. It is the embody of sinicization of marxist philosophystandpoint、idea and method. It is a complete theoretical system which containsprofound mass viewpoints, and effective method of mass works that throughout thevarious work of the CPC’s mass line.In the process of harmonious society construction, Mao Zedong’s mass viewpointsact as a significantly eternal guidance. People are the makers of history, but also arethe base of our Party’s governance and the source of our Party’s strength. Concretelyspeaking, to inherit and carry forward Mao Zedong’s mass viewpoints is beneficial tocorrectly deal with the internal contradictions in current stage, to coordinate therelationship among people and the Party, the cadres and masses, to practice andimplement the Scientific Concept of Development.