Any social production is bound for some goal, since the purpose of production exhibits the essence of social relations of production. Studying the purpose of socialist production is an important part of socialist political economy as well as the pressing need of socialist economy with Chinese characteristics.Hence, we shall face up to and further clarify the goal of socialist production in terms of guiding ideology, and figure out related issues such as why to develop, from whom to produce, and how to develop, ete. A new era also endows the purpose of socialist production with new connotations: to continually satisfy people’s increasing needs for a better life on basis of productive development and social wealth growth, promote the full development of human beings, and bring about common wealth for all the people. It is further clarified that socialist production is “people-centered” to meet the needs of real people, satisfy people’s needs for a better life, and achieve common development and wealth through new approaches in a new era.

Editor: Zhong Yao

Studies On Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping Theories.2018.No.7.