Guide Chinese Modernization with Marx's Theory of Economic and Social Development
This paper takes Marx's theory of economic and social development as a guide to study Chinese modernization.This paper combs through in detail what Marx said about the vision of the future society and the way to realize it in Manifesto of The Communist Party,Economic Manuscripts of 1857-1858,Das Kapital,and Critique of the Gotha Programme.On this basis,the general significance of these statements of Marx is summarized as follows:The free and comprehensive development of human beings is always put in the first place;the development of human society and the realization of modernization are endogenous,driven by the development of the productive forces;the productive forces are dynamic,developing with technological development and even undergoing qualitative changes;and human society is divided into phases,and so is people's understanding.The theory of the primary stage of socialism and the theory of its new developmentstage have great practical and historical significance.At present,it is necessary to vigorously promote the construction of new quality productive forces.The research methods of abstraction,historical materialism and dialectical materialism founded by Marx are of general and important significance.Any scientific research should be guided by the"books",but should not fall into book worship.Guided by Marx's thesis,this paper further explores the key issues related to Chinese modernization.For example,it is argued that Chinese modernization is a people-centered modernization in pursuit of common prosperity.The origins of the primary stage of socialism are explored,and the historical task of the"new stage"is to build a modernized country;the development of China's economy in the new era is discussed,with particular emphasis on the improvement of the socialist market economic system through the improvement of the roles of market players and the role of the government.Additionally,this paper places special emphasis on the relationship between the labor theory of value and Chinese modernization.This paper argues that Marxian political economy can only be understood if the labor theory of value is understood.The labor theory of value can support not only the real economy and high-quality development but also distribution according to work and common prosperity.At the same time,the labor theory of value can also curb the negative effects of excessive financialization and virtualization.
Marx's theory of economic and social developmentChinese modernizationthe labor theory of value