Abstract:

In today's capitalist world, there are great risks for the affluent social states and for those along the pathway towards greater wealth. The differences between the general prosperity of western developed countries and China's common prosperity are essential. It is very easy to confuse common prosperity with essential prosperity. For example, we may be satisfied with guiding anti-poverty and anti-inequality policies to create general prosperity so much so we unconsciously make the “right” mistake in ideology. Or, if we fail to see their common ground, it is easy to make the “left” mistake and hinder the further development of the anti-poverty cause. We must see the essential differences between general and common prosperity, but we must also see that they have something in common. In a socialist, commodity economy, the power of labor is in a dominant position. It will restrict or affect the behavior of public and private capital through the political power of the people's state, the economic power of public ownership, and the social power of culture, morals, and ideology. It will surpass the limitations of a capitalist commodity economy and the general prosperity it creates. It will realize common prosperity which can only be achieved in a socialist, commodity economy. To realize this goal, we must continue to nurture and develop the people, to follow the general laws of our commodity economy, and to develop our productive forces at a high speed. This is how we can build a society of common prosperity.

Key words: Common prosperity, General affluence, Popular character, The development law of human history, Historical materialism