The essence of socialism is to liberate and develop the productive forces.
the fundamental task of socialism: liberating and developing productive forces; The fundamental purpose of socialism is to eliminate exploitation, eliminate polarization, and finally achieve prosperity.
the relationship between the theory of socialist essence, the liberation and development of productive forces and the elimination of exploitation and polarization are mutually conditional. The former is the foundation of the latter. Only when the economy develops can we achieve prosperity. The latter is the ultimate goal and realization.
The great guiding significance of Deng Xiaoping's theory of socialist essence to practice is as follows:
1. Inheriting the basic principles of scientific socialism, it is one of the most important theoretical achievements in exploring the road of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics and a significant development of Marxism.
2. this generalization points out the direction for us to adhere to public ownership and improve and develop it.
3. Break through the traditional concept of regarding planned economy and other things that were not inherent in socialism as the essential characteristics of socialism.
4. This generalization reflects the interests of the people and the requirements of the times, clarifies the vague concepts that are not in line with the laws of the progress of the times and social development, gets rid of the wrong tendency of sticking to specific models and ignoring the essence of socialism for a long time, and deepens the understanding of the essence of socialism.