邓小平同志在新的历史条件下 ,通过对中国和世界社会主义发展中经验教训的总结 ,对社会主义本质作出了新的科学概括 ,从而极大地丰富和发展了马克思主义理论。邓小平的社会主义本质论不仅解决了“什么是社会主义”的问题 ,而且为“怎样建设社会主义”指明了方向和道路。这是科学社会主义理论发展到一个新阶段的重要标志 Under the new historical conditions, Comrade Deng Xiaoping made a new scientific summary of the essence of socialism by summing up the experiences and lessons learned in the development of socialism in China and in the world, thereby greatly enriching and developing Marxist theory. Deng Xiaoping’s theory of the essence of socialism not only solved the issue of “what is socialism,” but also pointed out the direction and the road for “how to build socialism.” This is an important symbol of the development of the scientific socialism theory to a new stage