Research On Zhang Wentian’s Economic Thought In Chinese New Democratic Revolution Period

Zhang Wentian is a loyal Marxist. He served the important leader of the Communist Party of China for a long history period, and also mastered a profound knowledge of Marxism theory compared with other characters of the early Chinese Communist Party. Zhang Wentian’s economic construction thought in the Chinese New Democratic Revolution period is based both on the guidance of Marxism-Leninism and the research and analysis of the economic construction realities in the revolutionary base areas. They are important and indispensable parts of the Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought. By combining theory and practice, the refining study of Zhang Wentian’s economic construction thought in the Chinese New Democratic Revolution period helps people understand the law of the thought and the development trend of them in a multi-dimensional way, and provides some historical inspiration and theoretical reference for the current economic construction practice hopefully.The paper first discusses the historical conditions of Zhang Wentian’s economic construction thought in the Chinese New Democratic Revolution period. Zhang Wentian’s economic construction thought is derived from the Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought. The Chinese New Democratic Revolution practice led by Chinese Communist Party give them a good growth environment. The subjective factor lies in Zhang Wentian’s right methods of doing spot investigation constantly and a broad vision of the world coming from his particular life experiences. And then, the paper elaborates the main contents of Zhang Wentian’s economic construction thoughts in the Chinese New Democratic Revolution period. This part includes four aspects:focusing on the development of the rural economy, using the economy in the form of capitalism, developing the state-owned economy and exploring new-democratic economic structure and economic development guidelines. The paper focuses on analyzing the main features of Zhang Wentian’s economic construction thought in the Chinese New Democratic Revolution period from four views. First, the economic construction thought is characterized in the distinct theoretical nature, including Zhang Wentian had a solid theoretical foundation of Marxist theory and the rich creative achievements he had made. Second, the economic construction thought has a strong practical character, mainly expressing as the spot surveys and always adhering to the starting point and destination of improving people’s lives and developing the commerce and industry. Third, the economic construction thought exhibits a profound critical spirit and the spirit of innovation, mainly reflecting in the self-criticism and the rational analysis of the reality problem and breaking the dogmatic understanding of Marxism-Leninism, combining with China’s reality and other aspects to be innovated. Fourth, the economic thought exhibits an outstanding democratic characteristic, showing from not only focusing on the good awareness of democracy and insisting to implement democratic style in practice. At last, the paper makes some comments on Zhang Wentian’s economic construction thought in the Chinese New Democratic Revolution period, affirming its historical significance, exploring its practical enlightenment and pointing its historical limitations to some extent.Today, China is underplaying the process of building a comprehensive socialist marketing economy, and Zhang Wentian’s economic construction thought in the Chinese New Democratic Revolution can still provide some important reference significance and practical enlightenment.