The 19th Party Congress Report pointed out that: “The main contradiction in Chinese society has now become the contradiction between the people’s ever-growing demands for a good life on the one hand and unbalanced and insufficient development on the other.” This new summary objectively reflects the changing era of China’s social development, reflects the important reality of China’s social development, and possesses great significance.
十九大报告指出：“中国特色社会主义进入新时代，我国社会主要矛盾已经转化为人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾。”这一新概括，客观反映了我国社会发展的时代变化，反映了我国社会发展的重要现实，具有重大的意义。
The new summary of the major social contradiction adheres to the essential requirements of the socialist development of productive forces. The essence of socialism is to liberate productive forces, develop productive forces, eliminate exploitation, eliminate polarization, and ultimately achieve common prosperity. The contradiction between the people’s ever-growing demands for a better life and unbalanced and insufficient development takes the people’s ever-growing demands for a better life as its fundamental yardstick. With greater specificity and comprehensiveness, it highlights the importance of development and enriches the specific connotation of development, thereby highlighting the question as to what kind of development should be adhered to on the basis of adherence to development in the past. The new summary of the main social contradiction further clarifies that, on the basis of adhering to the continuous promotion of development, efforts should be made to solve the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development, vigorously improve the quality and efficiency of development, vigorously promote balanced development and full development based on existing development, and better realize the comprehensive development of the people and comprehensive progress of society. Of course, we must realize that the change in the main social contradiction has not changed our judgment on the historical stage of socialism in China. Our country is still in and will remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long time. Our basic national conditions have not changed. Our country’s international status as the largest developing country in the world has not changed.
社会主要矛盾新概括坚持了社会主义发展生产力的本质要求。社会主义的本质是解放生产力，发展生产力，消灭剥削，消除两极分化，最终达到共同富裕。人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾，以人民日益增长的美好生活需要为根本尺度，更加具体更加全面突出了发展的重要性，丰富了发展的具体内涵，从而在以往坚持发展的基础上，突出了坚持什么样的发展问题。社会主要矛盾新概括，进一步明确了在坚持继续推动发展的基础上，要着力解决好发展不平衡不充分的问题，大力提升发展质量和效益，以已有的发展为基础，大力推动平衡发展和充分发展，更好实现人的全面发展和社会全面进步。当然必须认识到，我国社会主要矛盾的变化，没有改变我们对我国社会主义所处历史阶段的判断，我国仍处于并将长期处于社会主义初级阶段的基本国情没有变，我国是世界最大发展中国家的国际地位没有变。
The new summary of the major social contradiction adheres to the basic principle of socialist common prosperity. Common prosperity is not only the goal of socialism, but also the fundamental principle of socialism. The contradiction between the people’s ever-growing demands for a better life and unbalanced and insufficient development takes eliminating polarization and achieving common prosperity as its fundamental yardstick and establishing a well-off society in an all-around way as its basic requirement, highlighting the problem of unbalanced development. Facing the realities of China’s social development, such as differences between regions, differences between urban and rural areas, and differences between rich and poor, the new summary of the main social contradiction has further clarified the need to eliminate the problem of development imbalances and adhere to the fundamental principle of socialist common prosperity.
社会主要矛盾新概括坚持了社会主义共同富裕的根本原则。共同富裕既是社会主义要达到的目标，也是社会主义的根本原则。人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾，是以消除两极分化、达到共同富裕为根本尺度，以全面建成小康社会为基本要求而作出的，突出了发展不平衡的问题。面对我国社会发展的区域差别、城乡差别、贫富差别等现实，社会主要矛盾新概括，进一步明确了消除发展不平衡的问题，坚持了社会主义共同富裕的根本原则。
The new summary of the major social contradiction consolidates the full confidence in the development of world socialism. The main social contradiction is the contradiction between the people’s ever-growing material and cultural needs and backward social production, which has transformed into a contradiction between the people’s ever-growing demands for a better life and unbalanced and insufficient development. This reflects the successful practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics and reflects the unique advantages of the socialist road, theory, system, and culture with Chinese characteristics in developing social production and addressing the material and cultural needs of the people. As a result, the powerful vitality of scientific socialism has been proved on a worldwide scale and confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics has been strengthened.
社会主要矛盾新概括坚定了世界社会主义发展的充分自信。社会主要矛盾，由人民日益增长的物质文化需要同落后的社会生产之间的矛盾，转化为人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾，反映了中国特色社会主义建设的成功实践，反映了中国特色社会主义道路、理论、制度、文化在发展社会生产、解决人民物质文化需要方面具有的独特优越性，从而在世界范围内证明了科学社会主义所具有的强大生命力，增强了中国特色社会主义的道路自信、理论自信、制度自信和文化自信。