“美好生活”观念演进之40年

The Concept of “Good Life” over the Past Forty Years

一部改革开放史就是一部中国人民对美好生活的追求史,改革推动了生活观的变革,开放催生了生活观的解放。在改革开放40年里,中国人民对"美好生活"的认识呈现出从生存、享受到发展层次逐渐递进的特点。概括来讲,在全面改革开放阶段,"富裕生活"是当时中国人民主要的和普遍的"美好生活"诉求;在深化改革开放阶段,"美好生活"主要是指优化生存境遇、提升生活品质、丰富生活内涵的"高质量生活";而在全面深化改革开放阶段,以挖掘自身潜能、发挥聪明才智、彰显价值意义、获得尊重尊严为内核的"人的全面发展"构成了人们对"美好生活"的新期盼。中国人民"美好生活"观念演进的过程,准确而深刻地反映了改革开放40年中国在社会、经济、政治和文化等方面的重大变革与全面进步。

A history of reform and opening is a history of the Chinese people s pursuit of a good life.Reform has promoted the transition of the outlook on life,and Opening up has promoted the liberation of the outlook on life.In the past forty years of reform and opening up,the Chinese people s understanding of“good life”has shown the characteristics of gradual progress from survival,enjoyment to development level.In deepening the reform and opening up stage,the“good life”mainly refers to optimizing the living conditions,improving the quality of life and enriching the connotation of life.In the comprehensive deepening of the reform and opening up stage,the new expectation of the“good life”is consist of the“all-round development of human being”with the core part centered around seeking individual s own potential,giving full play to wisdom,appreciating value and respecting for dignity.The evolution of the Chinese people s“good life”concept reflects the great changes and overall progress of China in the forty years of reform and opening up in the social,economic,political and cultural aspects.