In the historicalmaterialism perspective, knowledge and understanding of the essence of socialism, is a gradually searching increasingly deepeninghistorical process in the specific detailed social and historical conditions. If the essence of socialism is the common wealth, so as to thephenomenon that gap between the rich and the poor has been widening increasingly currently in China, narrowing the gap between richand poor step by step has become a pressing matter of the moment for developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. Starting from theperspective of historical materialism, in the primary stage of socialism, the rich first bringing along others, maintaining proper tensionbetween rich and poor is the route one must take towards common prosperity. And in the long run, the realization of the socialist essence,will ultimately achieve common prosperity and all-round development of humanity on the basis of public ownership.

　　

　　

　　Editor: Zhou Miao