社会主义本质理论：中国共产党的探索与创新

在中国共产党的理论探索和理论创新中，社会主义本质是根本问题。民主革命时期，社会主义更多的是党鼓舞人民群众破旧立新的一面旗帜，建国后至改革开放前，党对社会主义的认识深受苏联模式的影响。改革开放以来，在建设中国特色社会主义的进程中，邓小平创立了社会主义本质理论，把对社会主义的认识提高到新的科学水平，江泽民、胡锦涛在新的实践基础上继续丰富、发展和完善了这一理论，使得中国共产党对社会主义本质的认识不断深化。在新的历史条件下进一步加强对社会主义本质理论的研究，必须坚持一切从国情出发，坚持为改革开放和全面发展社会主义服务，坚持真理与价值的统一，坚持以科学态度对待党的理论工作，使党在理论创新中永葆生机的源泉。

The Theory of the Essence of Socialism: CPC's Exploration and Innovation

In CPC''s theoretical exploration and innovation, the essence of socialism is the fundamental issue. Working as a flag, socialism encouraged the people to break the old society and build the new society during the Democratic Revolution. From the foundation of PRC to the Reform and Opening up, CPC''s cognition on socialism was deeply influenced by Soviet Union model. Since the Reform and Opening up, in the process of Chinese Characteristic Socialism construction, Deng Xiao ping developed the theory of the essence of socialism, which raised the cognition on socialism to a new scientific level. Jiang Ze min and Hu Jin tao continued to enrich, develop and perfect the theory on the basis of new practice, so that CPC could learn the knowledge on the essence of socialism increasingly. Under the new historic condition, in order to further study the theory of the essence of socialism deeply, persistence in proceeding from the national circumstances, serving for the Reform and Opening up and overall development on socialism, unity between truth and value, scientific attitude on the Party''s theoretical cause become the sources to maintain the vitality of theoretical innovation.