社会主义社会形态与中国特色社会主义

社会主义社会是和原始社会、奴隶社会、封建社会、资本主义社会一样的独立社会形态，不能把社会主义仅仅理解为共产主义的低级阶段或者是从资本主义社会向共产主义过渡的中间阶段，社会主义本身就是一个独立的社会形态。重新认识和确立社会主义的独立社会形态地位，对于我们坚持发展中国特色社会主义具有重大的理论意义和实践意义。只有把社会主义作为一个独立的社会形态，我们才能深刻认识建设社会主义的长期性与艰巨性，才能自觉地把思想认识和行动统一到建设中国特色社会主义伟大事业中。

Socialist Social Formation and Socialism With Chinese Characteristics

The socialist society is an independent social formation just like those of the primitive, slave, feudal and capitalist societies. It won＇ t do to take socialism only as a low-level stages of commu- nism or the transition in the middle of the stages from capitalism to communism. Socialism itself is an independent social stage. The recognition and recstablishment of the position of the independent. Socialist social for mation is of great theoretical and practical significance in sticking to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. Only by regarding socialism as an independent social formation, will it be possible to understand the long-term and arduous nature of building socialism, and to conscientiously unify the thinking and action into the dedication to the great cause of building socialism with Chinese character- istics.