| The concept of the people is Mao Zedong’s innovative understanding of the Marxist concept of the proletariat in the light of China’s specific national conditions and the needs of China’s revolutionary construction,thus forming the main body of China’s revolution and construction.The Marxist concept of the proletariat mainly refers to the working class,which is determined by the European social structure and revolutionary tasks.In his communist manifesto,Marxism argued that the peasantry and the Petite bourgeoisie had been eliminated by the bourgeoisie in the development of capitalism,so the principal contradiction in European society was the contradiction between the working class and the bourgeoisie,the revolutionary task of the proletariat is to eliminate bourgeois rule.This is very different from China’s national conditions,so it is necessary to carry out an innovative understanding of the Chinese revolutionary subject.In the New Democratic Revolution Period,in order to overthrow the "three mountains" of the powerful enemy,we must unite the largest number of people as the main body of the Chinese revolution.Mao Zedong,through his analysis of the classes in Chinese society,made it clear that the working class and the peasant class were the main body of the people and united the Petite Bourgeoisie and the National Bourgeoisie into the category of the people in the light of the changes in social contradictions.During the period of socialist construction,all those who support socialism belong to the category of the people.Therefore,Mao Zedong’s concept of the people is political,historical and extensive.Mao Zedong’s concept of the people theoretically innovates the Marxist concept of the proletariat in terms of revolutionary subjects and revolutionary paths.In practice,guiding the Chinese revolution has greatly enhanced the revolutionary power of China,and it has been able to accomplish the revolutionary tasks of various periods even under very difficult material conditions.In economic construction,it has innovated the new pattern of China’s economic development,can unite the greatest majority of the people to serve the socialist construction.Politically,To innovate the Chinese form of People’s democracy,the broadest possible democracy would unite the vast majority of the people in support of the People’s democratic dictatorship.The innovative significance of Mao Zedong’s concept of the people lies in that,on the one hand,it enriches the connotation of the Marxist concept of the proletariat,enriches and develops the thought of the historical materialism,and lays a theoretical foundation for the construction of Chinese Marxism.On the other hand,it will help our party better safeguard the fundamental interests of the people in practice,realize the Chinese dream of the Chinese Dream,and advance the building of a community of shared future for mankind. |
