Moderately prosperous society

Propaganda poster for the moderately prosperous society. "Win the battle against poverty decisively, move towards a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way"

A well-off society is an attractive social ideal described by ancient thinkers , and it also expresses ordinary people's pursuit of a well-off and prosperous ideal life. The so-called comprehensive well-off society is not only to solve the problem of food and clothing, but also to meet the needs of urban and rural development in political, economic, cultural, social, ecological and other aspects. In the report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the requirements for the development capacity of building a well-off society in an all-round way are defined from the four aspects of economy, politics, culture and sustainable development. Specifically, there are six "mores": a more developed economy, a more sound democracy, a more advanced science and education, a more prosperous culture, a more harmonious society, and a better life for the people.

After China's reform and opening up in 1992, it officially transformed into a well-off society in an all-round way. Building a well-off society is one of the strategies of reform and opening up.

Developmental Concepts

The word "Xiaokang" first came from "Poetry Daya Minilao": "The people are tired, but they can be well-off", which means "the life of the common people is too hard, and they should get a little bit of peace." It expresses people's longing for a better and stable life in the slave society. The word "xiaokang" originally meant a relatively stable life.

On December 6, 1979, when Deng Xiaoping met with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Masahiro Ohira , he proposed that China's modernization should achieve a moderately prosperous state. He once said:

"Quadruple the GDP per capita to reach 800 U.S. dollars, and establish a well-off society in China by the end of this century. This well-off society is called Chinese-style modernization..."

1984 On April 25, when Deng Xiaoping met with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, he said:

"Quadrupling the GDP per capita to 800 US dollars means establishing a well-off society in China by the end of this century. This well-off society is called Chinese-style modernization. Quadruple, moderately prosperous society, Chinese-style modernization, these are our new concepts."

"A well-off society" is an economic concept, and it is correct to implement a well-off society first. A moderately prosperous society fully integrates the governance method of the legalist Guanzi - "the warehouse is solid and the etiquette is known, and the food and clothing are sufficient to recognize the honor and disgrace", which is the premise and foundation for the construction of a moderately prosperous society. China's economic development has made the living standard of each subject relatively better and better; the degree of freedom, rights, and human rights of each subject will be improved more and more.

In terms of governance philosophy, "well-off society" is not a continuation of Confucianism, but rather a manifestation of Legalism's governance philosophy. ", its measure and ultimate goal is unity and prosperity. The reason why a well-off society is said to be the inheritance of Legalism rather than Confucianism is because its fundamental value concept is consistent with Legalism: first realize the prosperity of economy and life.

On April 30, 1987, when Deng Xiaoping met with Spanish guests, he clearly proposed the strategic concept of "three steps":

"The first step is to double in the 1980s. Taking 1980 as the base, the per capita GNP was only 250 at that time. Double the US dollar to reach US$500 to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people; the second step is to double again by the end of the 20th century to reach US$1,000 per capita and enter a well-off society. The third step is to spend another 30 to 50 years in the next century It will be quadrupled in time, and it will roughly reach US$4,000 per capita, and basically achieve modernization and reach the level of a moderately developed country."

This strategic conception of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the thirteenth member of the Communist Party of China It was written into the report of the congress as an important guiding ideology for the modernization of the party and the country. According to Deng Xiaoping's exposition, a well-off society is a social development stage in which social productivity continues to develop, the per capita GNP is based on 800 US dollars and continues to increase, and it is constantly approaching a moderately developed country.

It is a social development stage that adheres to the socialist road and continuously realizes the essence of socialism requires a stage of social development in which people's living standards are generally improved; it is a stage of social development in which a country's overall national strength, especially its economic strength, has been significantly enhanced, and it has gradually entered the forefront of the world.

In this stage of social development, the domestic and foreign markets will continue to expand, and the state's macro-control will continue to improvel the economic system and other systems will continue to improve and finalize; investment in science and education will increase, and spiritual civilization will undergo major changes.

While the economy continues to develop in the coastal areas, the development problems in the interior will be solved; major changes will take place in the countryside, and the employment problem will be gradually solved; military equipment will be improved and updated, and the national defense will be significantly enhanced; the international status will be greatly improved and the country's influence will be greatly expanded.

Developmental Strategy

Comrade Deng Xiaoping not only described the blueprint for the development of a well-off society, but also conceived a cross-century development strategy for building a well-off society , that is, the famous " three-step " development strategy.

In 1997, Comrade Jiang Zemin put forward the new historical task of "building a well-off society" in the report of the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Entering the new century, my country has entered a new stage of development in building a well-off society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization. The Sixteenth National Congress put forward the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way by 2020, and made specific strategic arrangements. Building a well-off society in an all-round way is a necessary development stage for my country to realize the third strategic goal of modernization, and it is also a critical stage for improving the socialist market economic system and expanding opening up. In 2017, Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out in the report of the Nineteenth National Congress that the two goals of solving the problem of food and clothing for the people and achieving a well-off level of people's life in general have been achieved ahead of schedule, and now is the decisive period for building a well-off society in an all-round way.

Goal of the Xiaokang Society

In the report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Comrade Jiang Zemin proceeded from the basic national conditions of China, deeply analyzed the characteristics of the current moderately prosperous level in our country, expounded the long-term and arduous nature of consolidating and improving the moderately prosperous level, then put forward the comprehensive construction in the first 20 years of this century. The goal of a moderately prosperous society.

Entering into a well-off society is a development process that is divided into fields and regions, with a beginning and end. When entering the new century, we have just stepped into the gate of the historical stage of a well-off society, and we are in the initial stage of a well-off society. The well-off society we have achieved at this time is a low-level, incomplete, and unbalanced well-off society. The so-called low level means that although my country's economic aggregate has reached a certain scale, the per capita level is still relatively low. The so-called incompleteness means that in a well-off society, subsistence consumption is basically satisfied, while developmental consumption has not been effectively satisfied, social security is not perfect, and environmental quality needs to be improved. The so-called very unbalanced development means that there is a large gap in the level of development between regions and between urban and rural areas.

There are two tendencies that should be paid attention to on the issue of a well-off society:

If the people do not see that China is about to enter a well-off society, and the overall national strength has been greatly enhanced, it may be necessary to concentrate our efforts on some major events that will vigorously promote modernization, which is wrong. It is even more wrong to forget China's basic national conditions and think that the basic policies in the primary stage of socialism should not be implemented or can be quickly changed.

Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized in his report to the Sixteenth National Congress that the contradiction between the people's growing material and cultural needs and the backward social production is still the main contradiction in our society. In the new century, we must continue to strive for the completion of the party's basic historical tasks in the primary stage of socialism.

Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the principal contradiction in Chinese society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. It must be recognized that the changes in the principal contradictions in our society have not changed our judgment on the historical stage of socialism in our country, and the basic national conditions that our country is still in the primary stage of socialism and will remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long time have not changed. my country is the largest developing country in the world. The international status has not changed.

The whole party must firmly grasp the basic national conditions of the primary stage of socialism, firmly base itself on the greatest reality of the primary stage of socialism, firmly adhere to the party's basic line, which is the lifeline of the party and the country, and the happiness of the people, and lead and unite all ethnic groups in the country. The people, centering on Socialist construction, adhere to the Four Cardinal Principles, persist in reform and opening up, rely on self-reliance, work hard, and strive to build our country into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist country.