The Study Of Liu Shaoqi’s Thought On New Democratic Society

In the history of the Communist Party of China, Liu Shaoqi is one of the mainmembers of the first generation of collective leaderships and he is also a great Marxisttheorist. Before and after the establishment of the PRC, under the guidance of basicprinciple of Marxism combined with the Chinese conditions, he made a deepexploration for the construction of the new democratic society and put forward plenty ofunique and profound thought, enriching and developing Mao Zedong,s theory on newdemocratic society and laying a theoretical foundation for Deng Xiaoping,s theory of theprimary stage of socialism.This paper, based on the research fruits of other people, aims to study Liu Shaoqi,sthought on new democratic society objectively, dialectically and historically. It alsoanalyzes the differences and similarities between Liu Shaoqi,s thought on newdemocratic society and the related thought of Mao Zedong and gives a brief evaluationon their thoughts.Four chapters are included in this paper：1. The formation of Liu Shaoqi,s thought on new democratic society. The firstchapter mainly discusses the theoretical sources and the forming process of Liu Shaoqi,sthought on new democratic society. The theoretical sources of his thought includeMarx,s oriental society theory, Lenin,s new economic policy as well as Mao Zedong,stheory on new democratic society. Liu Shaoqi,s thought has a course of fermentation,basic formation and further development.2. The whole conception of new democratic society. This chapter mainly outlinesthe whole clue of Liu Shaoqi on new democratic social construction, which includes thenature of new democratic society, the central task, the main contradiction, the thought ofconsolidating the new democratic system and the transition from the new democraticsociety to the socialism. According to the specific historical conditions, the paper makesan objective evaluation.3. The basic content of Liu Shaoqi,s thought on new democratic society. Thischapter, the backbone of the paper, includes Liu Shaoqi,s thought on economicconstruction, political construction and cultural construction. In Liu Shaoqi,s thought oneconomic construction, it mainly analyzes the problems about the various economic elements and the developing strategy of Chinese industrialization. In his thought on thedemocratic and political construction, it mainly discusses the People,s Congress System,the principle of democratic centralism, the ruling party,s construction, the democracyand the legal system. In the cultural construction, the paper analyzes Liu Shaoqi,sthought on using the proletarian ideologies to educate people, on attaching greatimportance to the intellectuals as well as the education.4. The great significance and contemporary enlightenments of Liu Shaoqi,s thoughton new democratic society. In this chapter, firstly it analyzes the great significance byindicating the promotion to the recovery and development of the national economy, theenrichment and development to Mao Zedong,s theory on new democratic society andlaying the theoretical foundation for Deng Xiaoping,s theory of the primary stage ofsocialism. Secondly, it elaborates the contemporary enlightenments of Liu Shaoqi,sthought. In the process of reform and opening to the outside world, it is needed to bevigilant against the right deviation, but primarily to prevent the “left deviation”. In theprocess of economic development, treating capitalism correctly is necessary. Theconstruction of socialism must be taking economic construction as the center to developthe productive forces, so as to build a well-off society in an all-round way and realizethe common prosperity.