关切民生:走向当代的马克思主义传统

Livelihood: the Focus of the Contemporary Marxist Tradition

马克思关切民生的思想既是一个当代性的话题,同时也是无产阶级执政党的一个永恒课题。马克思主义就是一个以广大劳动人民的民生为价值目的的思想体系。在当代中国,继承、弘扬和实践马克思关切民生的思想传统,在一定意义上,是当代马克思主义理论创新的需要,也是中国特色社会主义理论建设和早日实现小康社会的需要。党的十七大以科学发展观为指导,把保障和改善民生摆在空前重要的战略地位。当前,解决民生问题必须要以科学发展观为指导,强化我们的民生意识;坚持以人为本,切实帮助人民群众解决实际生活问题;加强中国特色社会主义民主政治建设,建立健全各项制度,保障和增进人民民主政治权利。

Karl Marx＇ s concern for man＇ s livelihood is a permanent subject for the ruling proletarian party as well as a modernist topic. For Marxism itself is an ideological system with the livelihood of the vast majority of laborers as its value and goal. In contemporary China, the inheriting and promoting of Marx＇ s concern for livelihood are, in a sense, demanded by the innovation of Marxism at present time as well as the theo- retical construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the building of China into a well-off society. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China attached unprecedented priority to safeguarding and promoting livelihood under the guidance of the scientific view on development. At present, to solve liveli- hood-related problems, we must adopt a scientific view on development, and sharpen our awareness of liveli- hood; we must adopt a humanistic view and solve the real problems in people＇s life; we must strengthen the building of socialist democratic politics with Chinese characteristics and establish a series of sound systems to safeguard and expand people＇s democratic and political rights.