Research On Mao Zedong's Thought Of National Equality

National equality is one of the most important principles and contents of the Chinese Communists' governance of the country and the socialist system.It is also an important political premise for achieving national unity and the co-prosperity of all ethnic groups.Mao Zedong's thought of national equality is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Chinese Communist Party.In-depth study and research on Mao Zedong's thought of national equality will help us to deeply understand the basic principles of socialist countries in handling national issues and clarify the important relationship between national equality and other political principles under the guidance of socialist political system with Chinese characteristics.This has important practical significance to consolidate our new socialist relationship of equality,unity and mutual assistance.Mao Zedong's national equality thought inherited the Marxist-Leninist national theory,absorbed the positive factors of national governance in ancient culture and tradition,and realized innovative development of the Marxist national equality theory on the basis of critically inheriting the modern bourgeois national equality concept.The emergence of Mao Zedong's national equality thought has its profound background both domestic and international.Its formation experienced the awakening of national consciousness before the May 4th Movement and the germination of the national equality thought,the initial formation of the agrarian Revolution after the May 4th Movement,the gradual systematization during the period from the anti-Japanese war to the liberation war,the development and maturity after the founding of new China and other different development stages.It also include the thoery of the abolition of national exploitation and national oppression,the promotion of mutual respect among various ethnic groups,the elimination of de facto inconsistencies among ethnic groups and the enhancement of equality among all ethnic groups in the world,which presents the characteristics of broadness in scope,flexibility in strategy and thoroughness in theory.Based on Chinese characteristics,Mao Zedong's thought of national equality opened up the right way to solve the problem of national equality.Meanwhile,it provided practical wisdom for addressing the national equality issues of various nations all over the world,full of vital signifcance in history.