Correctly grasp the changes of the main contradictions in our society

　　The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, made by the Supreme Leader, made a new statement on the current major social contradictions in China, pointing out that "Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the major social contradictions in China have been transformed into contradictions between the people’s growing needs for a better life and the unbalanced development". Correctly understanding and grasping this new major political thesis is of great significance for profoundly understanding the new historical orientation of China’s development and implementing a series of major strategic arrangements of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core on building a socialist modernization power under the new era conditions and realizing the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream.

　　Scientifically analyzing and clearly grasping the main social contradictions in China is an important prerequisite for the Party to formulate the correct line, principles and policies.

　　Grasping the key points to drive comprehensive work is the requirement of materialist dialectics, and it is also the methodology that our party has always advocated and adhered to in various periods of revolution, construction and reform. Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out: "The study of various imbalances in contradictions, the study of major contradictions and non-major contradictions, major contradictions and non-major contradictions has become one of the important ways for revolutionary parties to correctly determine their political and military strategic and tactical policies, which all communist party people should pay attention to." To successfully promote the cause of the party and the state, we must accurately grasp the main contradictions in our society.

　　This is not only a simple philosophical truth, but also a profound conclusion drawn from summing up the party’s history. During the period of the new-democratic revolution, our party correctly analyzed the overall situation of social contradictions in semi-colonial and semi-feudal China, formulated the general line of the new-democratic revolution and a series of principles and policies, and won the victory of the new-democratic revolution. After the founding of New China, especially after the establishment of China’s basic socialist system, the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly pointed out: "The main contradiction in China is already the contradiction between the people’s demand for the establishment of an advanced industrial country and the reality of a backward agricultural country, and the contradiction between the people’s need for rapid economic and cultural development and the current situation that the economy and culture cannot meet the people’s needs." This formulation was in line with the reality of our country at that time. However, due to complicated social and historical reasons, this correct conclusion did not persist. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, our party scientifically analyzed the main contradictions in the primary stage of socialism in China, further refined the formulation of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and put forward that "the main contradiction in our society is the contradiction between the people’s growing material and cultural needs and backward social production". This has provided important guidance for us to deploy the overall work of the party and the state. In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, it is precisely because our party has formulated and adhered to the correct line, principles and policies according to this major contradiction that China’s socialist modernization has made great achievements.

　　History fully shows that the smooth development of the cause of the party and the state is closely related to whether we can accurately understand and grasp the main social contradictions with the changes of social and historical conditions and whether we can formulate correct political lines and strategic strategies on this basis. It is a successful experience for our Party to consciously apply Marxist contradiction theory to analyze and solve specific problems of China’s revolution, construction and reform by insisting on proceeding from the actual situation of our society, keenly grasping the main contradictions among many social contradictions and contradictions, and consciously deploying the overall work of the Party and the country around the main contradictions.

　　The new expression of social principal contradiction is determined by the objective reality of our country at the present stage.

　　The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made a new statement about the changes of the main social contradictions in China, which was based on the new historical orientation of China’s development when Socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era, and had sufficient realistic basis. The report pointed out: "China has stably solved the problem of food and clothing for more than one billion people, achieved a well-off society on the whole, and will soon build a well-off society in an all-round way. The people’s needs for a better life are increasingly extensive, which not only puts higher demands on material and cultural life, but also increases demands on democracy, the rule of law, fairness, justice, security and the environment. At the same time, China’s social productivity level has improved significantly on the whole, and social production capacity has entered the forefront of the world in many aspects. The more prominent problem is that the development imbalance is insufficient, which has become the main constraint to meet the people’s growing needs for a better life. " This incisive exposition profoundly reflects the new changes in China’s social production and social needs. The original statement about "the contradiction between people’s growing material and cultural needs and backward social production" can no longer accurately reflect this changed objective reality, so it is necessary to make a new summary.

　　Let’s look at social production first. After nearly 40 years of rapid development of reform and opening-up, China’s social productive forces have improved significantly on the whole, and social productive capacity has entered the forefront of the world in many aspects. The long-standing shortage of economy and supply in China has undergone fundamental changes, and it is no longer realistic to talk about "backward social production". This is a remarkable change.

　　Look at the social needs. With the remarkable improvement of people’s living standards, their yearning for a better life is even stronger. The needs of the people are diversified, multi-level and multi-faceted, and the areas and focus of needs have exceeded the original levels and categories of material culture. Only talking about "growing material and cultural needs" can no longer truly reflect the changed needs of the people. This is also an obvious fact.

　　The above two aspects show that we need to think from the historical position of China’s social development, from the overall situation of the development of the party and the country, from the people-centered development thinking, and make new judgments and expressions on the main contradictions in our society. The key here is to accurately understand and grasp the changing characteristics of the primary stage of socialism in China, accurately understand and grasp the staged characteristics of China’s development, and identify the main factors that affect the satisfaction of people’s yearning, expectation and needs for a better life at this stage. Based on a comprehensive analysis of all aspects, the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China holds that the problem of insufficient development imbalance has become the main constraint to meet the people’s growing needs for a better life. Unbalanced development mainly means that the development of various regions is not balanced enough, which restricts the improvement of the national development level. Insufficient development mainly refers to the problem of insufficient development in some places, some fields and some aspects, and the task of development is still very heavy. At present, China’s unbalanced development is not fully manifested in many aspects. For example, from the perspective of social productive forces, China still has a large number of traditional, backward and even primitive productive forces, and the level and layout of productive forces are very uneven. Judging from the overall layout of the "Five in One", it is not enough to promote the development of all aspects of the country and achieve balanced development and full development. From the perspective of regional development between urban and rural areas, the gap in development level is still large, especially the economic and social development of the old and young border poor areas is still relatively backward. From the perspective of income distribution, the income gap is still large, and there are still more than 40 million people in rural areas who have not been lifted out of poverty.There are still many people in difficulty in the city. These problems of insufficient unbalanced development restrict each other and bring many social contradictions and problems. They are the main sources of various social contradictions at this stage and have become the main aspects of social contradictions. We must make great efforts to understand and solve them.

　　The new expression of the main social contradictions in China in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is the result of adhering to the Party’s ideological line of seeking truth from facts and combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s current concrete reality. It is also a scientific judgment of emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic.

　　The change of the principal contradiction in our society is a historical change that has a bearing on the overall situation, which puts forward many new requirements for the work of the party and the state.

　　We must have a correct understanding of the changes in the main social contradictions in China, which are historic and have a bearing on the overall work of the Party and the State. We should adhere to the methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, adhere to strategic thinking, innovative thinking, dialectical thinking, rule of law thinking and bottom line thinking, and think from the combination of history and reality, theory and practice, domestic and international, and draw a correct conclusion.

　　First, we must closely follow the theme of the principal contradiction in our society, and the focus should not be shifted. This new expression in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is about the principal contradiction of our society, not the principal contradiction of our economic development. Therefore, we must think from the historical position of China’s social development, grasp the main contradictions and their main aspects in China’s society in the new era, and our thinking should not be narrow.

　　Second, we must persist in thinking from the standpoint and method of materialism and understand and grasp this important judgment from the realistic social movement. The identification of the main social contradictions in our country should jump out of abstract ideas, state expressions and work requirements, so that the conclusions can stand up and stand the test of practice and history.

　　Third, we must persist in thinking from a global perspective, so that solving this major contradiction will play a leading and guiding role in the development of the cause of the party and the country. The new expression of the principal contradiction in our society in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is not a purely conceptual change, but must be implemented in all fields, aspects and work. It is necessary to closely contact the key tasks that the CPC Central Committee has focused on since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, what the Party is leading the people to do at present, the overall situation of social contradictions in China at this stage, the main tasks facing the development of the cause of the Party and the country at present, and the wishes and expectations of the broad masses of the people. It is necessary to coordinate and promote the overall layout of the "five in one" and the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, to implement the new development concept, to promote the development of various undertakings of the party and the country, and to keep pace with the people’s yearning for a better life.

　　Fourth, we must persist in thinking from the long-term development of the cause of the party and the state, and fully understand that this new expression is neither a narrow concept nor a short-term concept, but a time node that aims at achieving the goal of the second century in the middle of this century, and we must take care of the concept of a long historical period; Fully understanding this new expression not only has strong practical pertinence and work orientation, but also has strong historical adaptability and time tension.

　　We must correctly understand the great significance of the changes in the main contradictions in our society and the new requirements for the work of the party and the state. In accordance with the requirements of the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, "on the basis of continuing to promote development, efforts should be made to solve the problem of insufficient development imbalance, vigorously improve the quality and efficiency of development, better meet the growing needs of the people in economic, political, cultural, social and ecological aspects, and better promote the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society".

　　The change of the principal contradiction in our society has not changed our judgment on the historical stage of our socialism.

　　Changes in major social contradictions will have a wide and profound impact on China’s overall development, and we must fully grasp them. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: "It must be recognized that the changes in the main contradictions in our society have not changed our judgment on the historical stage of socialism in China, the basic national conditions that China is still in the primary stage of socialism for a long time have not changed, and China’s international status as the largest developing country in the world has not changed. The whole party must firmly grasp the basic national conditions of the primary stage of socialism, firmly base itself on the greatest reality of the primary stage of socialism, firmly adhere to the party’s basic line, the lifeline of the party and the country, and the happiness line of the people, lead and unite the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, focus on economic construction, adhere to the four cardinal principles, persist in reform and opening up, be self-reliant, and work hard to build China into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modern power. "

　　We should correctly understand and grasp the following points on the relationship between the changes of major social contradictions and the primary stage of socialism in China.

　　First, the primary stage of socialism in China is the underdeveloped stage of socialism, and the level of economic development plays an important role, so we must persist in taking economic construction as the center. At the same time, we should also realize that the level of economic development is not the only condition that determines the primary stage, but should be linked with the overall level of social development. The report of the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has made a profound exposition on this issue. This shows that our party’s understanding of the primary stage of socialism has never been viewed solely from the level of economic development, but from the overall development of the whole socialist cause, involving productivity and relations of production, economic base and superstructure, material civilization and spiritual civilization, and economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, ecological civilization construction and party building.

　　Second, the primary stage of socialism is a long historical process. Just as many aspects will change, in this long historical process, the main contradictions in our society will inevitably change with the development of society. But these changes do not mean that the basic national conditions in the primary stage of socialism have changed, but that they have changed in the historical stage of the primary stage of socialism.

　　Third, to know and understand the changes of the main contradictions in our society, we must accurately grasp the changing characteristics of the primary stage of socialism. We should adhere to the Party’s theory of the primary stage of socialism, while continuing to promote economic development, we should better solve various problems in our society, better realize the all-round development of various undertakings, better develop the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and better promote the all-round development of people and society.

　　In a word, it is very important to accurately understand the materialist dialectics of "change" and "unchanged" when studying the new expression of the main contradictions in our society in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

　　The profound exposition in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China about Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s entering a new era and the changes in the main social contradictions in China is an important content of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. This great theoretical innovation is a further understanding of communist party’s ruling law, the law of socialist construction and the law of human social development, and a great contribution to scientific socialism. Just as it is of great significance for the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China to make a judgment on the principal contradiction in our society, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will certainly play a realistic and long-term guiding role in the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s cause in the new era and the ultimate realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.