社会主义应以经济建设为中心,根本任务是发展生产力。发展是硬道理,这是总结建国以来的经验教训得出的结论。尤其是党的十一届三中全会以来,我们党把工作重点转到现代化建设上来,才更加深刻地认识了发展是硬道理的极端重要性。说发展是硬道理,理由有三:一是发展体现了社会主义的本质特征。马克思主 Socialism should center on economic construction and its basic task is to develop productive forces. Development is the last word. This is the conclusion drawn from the lessons learned since the founding of the People’s Republic. Since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in particular, our party has shifted the focus of its work to the modernization drive to realize even more profoundly the extreme importance of development as the absolute principle. To say that development is the last word for three reasons: First, development reflects the essential characteristics of socialism. Marxism