论“全面建设小康社会”

On Building a Well-off Society in an All-round Way

“小康社会”是邓小平理论特别是邓小平关于中国社会发展阶段和发展目标理论中的一个重要概念。它包含着丰富的内涵和各方面具体的要求 ,是我国进入社会主义初级阶段以来的一个重要发展阶段。江泽民在中共十六大报告中提出的“全面建设小康社会”的任务 ,就是要把一个低水平的小康社会建设成为更高水平的小康社会。这一目标本质上就是中国特色社会主义经济、政治、文化的发展目标 ,坚持了中国特色社会主义与中国实际相结合的要求。十六大报告所作出的“二十一世纪头二十年 ,对我国来说 ,是一个必须紧紧抓住并且可以大有作为的重要战略机遇期”这一重要判断 ,是我们党确定用 2 0年时间全面建设小康社会的重要依据。“率先基本实现现代化” ,应当建立“在全面建设小康社会的基础上”。因此 ,中国的现代化不能光看经济指标 ,还要看政治、文化状况和可持续发展的能力是否全面发展了。

A well-off society” is an important conception in Deng Xiaoping Theory, especially in his theory about the developmental stages and objectives in China. It was conceived in Deng's ambitious and yet realistic thinking of “realizing the four modernizations by the end of the century” and emerged from the new objective of “Chinese-type modernization”. The “well-off society” as envisaged by Deng involves rich connotations and various specific requirements and signals an important stage of China's socialist modernization. At the 16 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,Jiang Zemin put forward the task of building a well-off society in an all round way in the first twenty years of the 21 st century. The intention is to upgrade the low-level well-off society into one of a higher standard, that is, a society in which the economy will be further developed, democracy further improved, science and education further advanced, culture further enriched, social harmony further fostered and the texture of life for the people further upgraded. This is a very ambitious and at the same time practical objective, portraying a bright future for China in the 21 st century. This objective is, in essence, an overall objective of economic, political and cultural development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, which meets the need for combining socialism with practice in China. Jiang Zemin's report at the Congress points out, “An overview of the situation shows that for our country the first two decades of the 21 st century are a period of important strategic opportunities, which we must grasp firmly and which offers bright prospects.” This judgment forms the important basis for our Party to make the decision of building a well-off society in an all round way in the next twenty years. Places where conditions permit may develop faster and take the lead in accomplishing modernization by and large, but this must be based on construction of a well-off society in an all-round way.