一、建立健全社会保障体系是社会主义的本质要求社会主义的本质是解放生产力,发展生产,消灭剥削,消除两极分化,最终实现共同富裕。全心全意为人民服务,代表最广大人民群众的根本利益,是社会主义政权的根本宗旨。我国还处在社会主义初级阶段,发展生产力的必由之路是建立社会主义市场经济体制。社会主义市场经济体制是社会主义基本经济制度与市场经济的有机结合,发展生产力是为了人民的共同富裕,共同富裕是发展生产力的根本目的。市场经济就是要发挥市场机制在资源配置中的基础性作用。在市场经济中,土地、资本及劳动力等生产要素都要通过市场机 I. Establishing and Perfecting the Social Security System Is the Essence of Socialism The essence of socialism is the emancipation of the productive forces, the development of production, the eradication of exploitation, the elimination of polarization and the ultimate realization of common prosperity. Serving the people wholeheartedly and representing the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people is the fundamental purpose of the socialist regime. Our country is still in the primary stage of socialism and the only way to develop the productive forces is to establish a socialist market economic system. The socialist market economic system is the organic combination of the basic socialist economic system and the market economy. The development of productive forces is for the common prosperity of the people and the common prosperity is the fundamental purpose of developing the productive forces. Market economy is to play a fundamental role of market mechanism in the allocation of resources. In a market economy, production factors such as land, capital and labor force are to pass through the market machine