The Characteristics Of Mao Zedong Of United Front And Its Contemporary Enlightenment

Based on the summary of experience and lesson drawn from European proletarian revolutionary movement, Marx and Engels, the proletarian revolutionary teachers, put forward that the proletariat should strengthen their solidarity, maintain their independence in revolution, and unite other classes and political factions to grow the revolutionary forces. After the October Revolution, Marxism was introduced into China. The Chinese Communists represented by Mao Zedong combined Marxism-Leninism with the actual situation of China, and created the proletarian united front with Chinese characteristics. Mao Zedong put forward that the working class should unite all nationalities, workers, democratic parties and people’s organizations to form a revolutionary united front. Based on the insistence on the leadership of the working class on the united front, Mao Zedong brought out the union and struggle strategy on targets of the united front and multi-party cooperation, long-term cooperation and mutual supervision with the democratic parties. Mao Zedong’s United Front Theory begins to sprout, to be established and developed in the practice of Chinese revolution and construction, and plays a key role in the Chinese revolution and construction.This paper analyzes the theoretical basis, practical basis and theoretical characteristic of Mao Zedong’s United Front Theory, and how to make the Mao Zedong’s United Front Theory in the new situation keep playing a role in guiding the construction of Chinese socialism modernization. This paper is concentrated on discussing the following three aspects:First of all, the theoretical basis of Mao Zedong’s United Front Theory comes from Marx and Engels’ exposition on United Front. The realistic base of Mao Zedong’s United Front Theory comes from the practice of Chinese revolution and construction. Marx and Engels believe that to achieve the self-liberation of proletariat, the proletariat should first shoulder the historical mission for all mankind, should be good at cooperating with other classes and social forces to form revolutionary alliance, and should be always keeping their independence and controlling the leadership of the United Front in the process of revolution. No matter in the great revolution, the agrarian revolution, the period of anti-Japanese war, the period of liberation war or the beginning period of the People’s Republic of China, according to the specific situation, Mao Zedong’s United Front Theory is to untie with all forces that can be united, to fight against the common enemy, and finally to win the New Democracy Revolution.Second, Mao Zedong’s United Front theory with distinct characteristics insists on combining Marxism and the China’s situation, analyzing the social basic contradiction with the approach of class analysis, developing a right roadmap in accordance with the characteristics of different times, adhering to the unity of principle and flexibility, attacking the common enemy by mobilizing every positive factor.Third, since the reform and opening up, great changes have taken place in our country, especially the social relations. With the emergence of new social classes and the changes of social structure, the social structure presents the characteristics of diversification of interest, complexity of interest contradiction, diversification of ideology. The 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China set the goal of completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects. As China is still in the primary stage of socialism, completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects needs Chinese people to inherit and develop Mao Zedong’s United Front Theory. Moreover, it is of significance to promote united front work in the new period. In united front work, it is important to strengthen consolidate the common ideological and political foundation, stick to combine Marxism with the Chinese practice, deepen the common ideological and political foundation of the patriotic united front members---- Marxism, Materialism World Outlook, Mao Zedong Theory, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Important Theory of Three Represents and the Scientific Outlook on Development. Adhering to and improving multi-party cooperation, political consultative system under the leadership of the Communist Party of China; sticking to and strengthen the leadership of the Communist Party of China, perfecting the consultative democracy system of socialism; attaching importance to the stratification of social classes when the new classes of social transformation emerge; expanding the foundation of United Front. In the united work, adhering to “harmony but different” and “peaceful coexistence”, paying great attention to religious issues, promoting national prosperity, insisting on the principle of “peaceful reunification” and “one country, two system”, achieving the realization of peaceful reunification of motherland, coordinating all kinds of interest, mobilizing every positive factor, seeking the greatest common divisor to serve works in the new period.