Similarities and differences between the concepts of economic base and mode of production

The economic base, that is, the social economic structure, refers to the sum of all aspects of the dominant production relations in a certain society. The economic base is the sum of all aspects of the dominant production relations that are suitable for a certain development stage of material productivity. The basic concept of historical materialism. As opposed to "superstructure". It is one of the two basic levels of social structure and one of the two basic fields of social life.

The mode of production refers to the way to obtain the material data necessary for social life, and the system of the relationship between man and nature and between people formed in the production process. The material content of mode of production is productivity, its social form is relations of production, and mode of production is the unity of the two in the process of material production. Human history has experienced five modes of production: primitive society, slavery, feudalism, capitalism and socialism. On this basis, human history and society can be divided into five social types accordingly. In the final analysis, the history of human society is the history of the continuous replacement of production methods.