[Sense of China] People first is the fundamental goal of Chinese path to modernization | people | direction

To achieve high-quality economic and social development in China, we must adhere to the principle of people first, take meeting the people's growing needs for a better life as the starting point and end result, constantly transform the achievements of development into quality of life, and earnestly promote Chinese path to modernization to achieve common prosperity for all people.

Highlighting the Significant Characteristics of Marxist Political Parties

Firstly, people-oriented is the most distinctive character of Marxism, and the people's stance is the fundamental political stance of Marxist political parties. The idea of putting the people first in development is reflected in Marx's discourse on the laws of social development, and has important scientific connotations and practical significance. Marx and Engels revealed in the Communist Manifesto that "the proletarian movement belongs to the vast majority of people and is an independent movement for the benefit of the vast majority.". This statement clearly indicates the people's position in socialist construction. In terms of income distribution, Marx believed that in the new social system, "the development of social productive forces will be so rapid, and production will be aimed at the prosperity of all people." The entire society will ultimately move towards a society with highly developed productive forces and comprehensive development of human freedom. In the process of economic and social development, only those who believe in the people and invest in the vibrant source of people's creativity can achieve victory and maintain political power. It can be seen that adhering to the principle of putting the people first in the process of development is the ideological character and essential requirement of Marxism to keep up with the times.

Secondly, putting the people first is an essential requirement for achieving socialist production goals. Marx once criticized that "the direct purpose of capitalist production is not to produce goods, but to produce surplus value or profit; not products, but surplus products", and "workers themselves, just as they behave in capitalist production, are only means of production, not the purpose itself, nor the purpose of production". Correspondingly, in socialist society, once society possesses the means of production, through social production, it is not only possible to ensure that all members of society have a prosperous and increasingly abundant material life, but also to ensure that their physical and intellectual abilities are fully and freely developed and utilized. It can be seen that the production purpose of socialism is to maximize the satisfaction of the growing material and cultural needs of the entire society, promote comprehensive human development, and achieve common prosperity for all people. As socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a new era, the main contradiction in society has transformed into a contradiction between the growing needs of the people for a better life and the unbalanced and insufficient development. In this context, socialist production in our country should be aimed at solving new major contradictions, that is, continuously meeting the growing needs of the people for a better life.

Thirdly, putting the people first is an inevitable requirement for implementing the new development concept. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that implementing the new development concept is the necessary path for China's development and growth in the new era. Among them, shared development focuses on solving social fairness and justice issues, aiming to enable the people to have the right to enjoy the fruits of social development, and embodies the important idea of adhering to the principle of putting the people first in development. Under the concept of shared development and the goal of achieving common prosperity for all people, adhering to the principle of putting the people first and fully valuing the important role of the people in economic and social development is an inevitable choice for China.We must always keep the people's lives and work in peace, safety and warmth in mind, and use our hearts and efforts to solve practical problems that the people are concerned about, such as employment, education, social security, medical care, housing, elderly care, food safety, and social security. Only by continuously meeting the growing needs of the people for a better life in development can we truly implement the concept of sharing and solidly promote common prosperity for all people.

Fourth, the supremacy of the people is the objective requirement for promoting Chinese path to modernization. Firstly, adhering to the principle of putting the people first is the driving force for achieving a significant leap in economic, technological, and even comprehensive national strength. Practice has proven that only by fully mobilizing the enthusiasm of the people can we effectively stimulate the vitality of socialist modernization construction; Only by fully realizing the great position of the people as historical creators and fully respecting the subjectivity of the people in modernization construction, can we truly promote the process of socialist modernization. Secondly, adhering to the principle of putting the people first is the goal and guideline for building a strong education, technology, talent, culture, sports, and healthy China.And the abundant and balanced scientific and educational resources, elegant and suitable cultural environment, fair and effective talent cultivation paths, and rich and diverse cultural and sports life are precisely the inevitable requirements for achieving comprehensive human development, and are also important goals of socialist modernization construction. Finally, adhering to the principle of putting the people first is an inevitable path to achieve more significant substantive progress in achieving common prosperity for all people. The essential difference between China's socialist modernization and Western capitalist modernization lies in whether it embodies the basic characteristics of "people-oriented". More emphasis should be placed on ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in economic and social development, so that the achievements of modernization construction can more fairly benefit all people, which is the modernization of common prosperity for all people.

Adhering to the practical path of putting the people first in development

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that we must adhere to the development concept of putting the people at the center, safeguard the fundamental interests of the people, enhance people's well-being, continuously achieve development for the people, rely on the people for development, and share development achievements with the people, so that the achievements of modernization construction can more and more fairly benefit all the people. Among them, development for the people is the fundamental stance of China's economic and social development, development relying on the people is the practical way of China's economic and social development, and the value orientation of China's economic and social development is to share development achievements with the people. The three together constitute the practical path of adhering to the principle of putting the people first in development.

One is to adhere to the fundamental position of development for the people. Since its inception, the CPC has always adhered to the fundamental position and development thought of taking the people as the center.

The second is to adhere to the practical approach of relying on the people for development.Our party comes from the people, takes root in the people, and serves the people; The foundation of the Party lies in the people, its bloodline lies in the people, and its strength lies in the people; Without the support and support of the people, the cause and work of the Party cannot be discussed. These important statements all profoundly reveal the important position of the people in economic and social development.Establish and improve talent cultivation and incentive mechanisms in the reform process, and create a good atmosphere of respecting, loving, and utilizing talents throughout society; Create a more fair and orderly market environment under the socialist market economy, and ensure that all types of market entities participate in competition fairly.

The third is to adhere to the value orientation of sharing development achievements with the people.On the one hand, China's common prosperity emphasizes the common prosperity of all people, that is, the people share the fruits of development; On the other hand, common prosperity is a balance between material and spiritual prosperity, aimed at ultimately achieving the free and comprehensive development of human beings. Under this value orientation, China can only focus on economic construction, vigorously develop productive forces, and at the same time pay attention to maintaining institutional guarantees for the people to share the fruits of development. With the support of a coordinated system of initial distribution, redistribution, and third distribution, all people can equally enjoy the right to development benefits.