The Inherent Logic and Developmental Tendency of the Practice of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics:A Structural Analytical Framework for the Questions of “Where Did China Come From?” and “Where Should China Go?”

The practice of more than 30 years of building socialism with Chinese characteristics contains within it a five-step evolution： ＂functional thinking → government leadership theoretical guidance → hybrid structure → the people in the principal position＂; in the course of the further development of the practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, the important responsibility and mission of Chinese Communists （exercising governance for the people） and the new expectations of the people （innovative practice） determine that its basic tendency should be to carry out reform and breakthroughs at three levels： ＂deep structures → core institutions → operational means,＂ embodied in ＂structural adjustment → restructuring → change of methods →construction of order.＂