Why should the countryside run towards a well-off society?

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Description:

How did the word well-off come from?

Analysis:

Well-off society is a concept full of traditional culture. According to textual research, the word "well-off" originated from the Book of Songs, in which "the people are tired and can be well-off". It means that people can live a better life if they have a rest. Later, Confucianism called a society lower than Datong a well-off society. According to the description in the Book of Rites, the so-called great harmony society is "the world is for the public", "an old friend is not only a relative, but also a son; An ideal society that enables the old to have a proper end, be strong and useful, be young and have a strong point, and provide for the widowed, lonely and disabled. The so-called well-off society is a society in which people can maintain a moderate standard of living. For the poor peasants in the past dynasties, "Great Harmony" is just a beautiful but unattainable dream, and living a well-off life is their realistic and feasible goal.

■ "The so-called well-off society, in terms of gross national product, means that the per capita annual income reaches 8 US dollars."

-Selected Works of * * * Volume 3, page 64

■ "The second step is to double the gross national product by the end of this century, and the people's life will reach a well-off level."

-* * * Report of the Thirteenth National Congress

■ "Now it is completely safe to say that the goal of achieving a well-off society at the end of this century put forward by our party in the early days of reform and opening up can be achieved as scheduled. In a country with a population of more than one billion, it is of great significance to enter and build a well-off society in China. This will lay a new foundation for the country's long-term stability and create a new starting point for more vigorously promoting socialist modernization. "

-* * * Report of the 15th National Congress

■ "Starting from the new century, China will enter a new development stage of building a well-off society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization." "This is a new milestone in the history of the development of the Chinese nation."

-* * Resolution of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee

■ "With the concerted efforts of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, we have successfully achieved the first and second steps of the" three-step "strategy of modernization, and the people's life has generally reached a well-off level. This is a great victory of the socialist system and a new milestone in the history of the Chinese nation. " "In the first 2 years of this century, we should concentrate on building a well-off society at a higher level in an all-round way, benefiting more than one billion people, so as to make the economy more developed, democracy more sound, science and education more advanced, culture more prosperous, society more harmonious and people's lives more affluent."

-* * Report of the 16th National Congress of CPC