Marxist Consumption Theory Enlightenment To Our Country Current Consumption Pattern

Consumption and consumption pattern are the most important components of human life and life styles. Consumption pattern is a pretty complicated system, which is characterized with multi-layers and multi-factors. To propose a more civilized consumption pattern in contemporary China, it is necessary to develop a healthy, civilized and scientific consumption pattern in accordance with the time developing in the whole society to promote economic and social benefits of the enterprise. Consumption pattern is a manifestation of the way and nature of consumption in the sense of group. As a social construction and the product of society, consumption pattern also influences the harmonious development of society. Consumption pattern is constituted under the influences of social classes, social values, mass media, organisational systems and demographical traits. Serving as a social construction similar to system, consumption pattern restricts and guides the consuming behaviors of members of the society.Marxism consumption theory scientifically classifies consumption by putting forward the appropriate consumption view, analyzing the impacts between production and consumption and discussing institutional factors in deeper level. Consumption aims to realize the survival and development of human beings, especially the free and comprehensive development of human beings. Based upon fair distribution and with moderate consumption as its prerequisite, the aim of consumption can be successfully reached through consumption’ s adverse effect on production. Looking back upon China’s economic situation, in accordance with consumption theory, and as the ultimate driver of economic growth, it is essential for consumption to overall improve, comprehensively promote and narrow the income allocates.Different consumption concepts and consuming guidance policies will produce different consumption patterns. In today’s world, science and technology change rapidly, information, technology, knowledge development. In this situation, low levels of cultural consumption, structural unbalance of cultural consumption, can mean in the international competition in the backward, or even be eliminated. Cultural consumption as a ruler, can measure a national spirit and state. Therefore, vigorously promote the health of a rational structure of the cultural consumption, improve residents’ culture consumption level, is a key link in the implementation of cultural strategy. Therefore, we need to fully develop and utilize market advantages, the development of cultural industry and cultural undertakings, in Marx’s theory of consumption under the guidance of the scientific, the broad masses of the people’s cultural consumption to raise a new standard. From the perspective of marxism consumption theory and based upon extensive researches, this paper focuses on the connection between consumption pattern and the social and economic development of China, which will be of great significance to construcing t a resource-saving society in China. Changes in consumption patterns will result in changes in systems and the development of economy. Restricted by production and natural resources, consumption patterns also influence the overall development of human beings. During the process of building a harmonious society in an all-round way, we should scientifically make use of consumption patterns’effects on the social and economic development.