On Lenin's Economic Thought Of Constructing Socialism And Its Significance

After leading Russian people to establish the first state power of the proletariat, the primary problem Lenin faced was how to build it with undeveloped economy, politics and culture. There had no ready-made experience any socialist countries can provide, nor could any specific answer be found from the classic works of Marx and Engels. To explore the correct answer, combine the scientific socialism theory with the concrete practice of the Russian, and realize the localization of Marx's scientific socialism theory, Lenin made a great contribution to the socialist economic construction.In the process of exploring socialist economy, Lenin experienced a stage from immaturity to maturity gradually. In prior to the implementation of the new economic policy, he assumed to construct Russia through the way of direct transition and on the basis of struggling with capitalism. Especially that the wartime communist policy contains many fierce measures to achieve the political goal of destroying capitalism and developing socialism, which provided the safeguard for the victory of the Russian war. And it also contains a lot of advanced factors, such as highly planned and public ownership. Although the wartime communist policy is an emergency and temporary measure, Lenin envisaged it as a shortcut to the construction of socialism. However, it greatly dampened the farmers' enthusiasm to produce and the alliance of workers and peasants after implementing for a period, which led to the severe economic recession in Russian. Therefore, Lenin quickly adjusted to the mode with his heightened awareness, and he began to construct the socialist economy in a roundabout way with the implementation of the new economic policy. With which, Lenin gradually formed a set of new ideas to construct, further and develop the socialist economy in undeveloped countries.Lenin's economic thought of constructing socialism is formed on the base of Russia' actual situations, and his ideology is quite rich, including the theory of the development of commodity economy, the usage of capitalism theory, and agricultural and industrial management theory and so on. And he gradually forms, develops and perfects these theories in a long-term practice, which reflects that he is always keep pace with the times, and seek truth from facts.Lenin's economic thought is of great historic significance and realistic significance. Firstly, it creatively enriches and develops Marxist' thought about the socialist economic construction. Secondly, it not only has played a positive role for Russia's economic development, but also provides valuable experience for the construction of economy in other socialist countries including China. For example, generations of collective leadership in China inherit and develop the thought of Lenin to varying degrees, and they put forward a series of economic measures in accordance with Chinese actual situations. Lastly, under the new condition of Chinese economic development, the general laws which Lenin's economic thought contains has an important enlightenment for us in the economy constructing.