The Value Pursuit of the Theoretical System of Socialism With Chinese Characteristics: Serving the People – Taking Deng Xiaoping Thought of Serving the People as an Example

“The free and comprehensive development of people”: is the value pursuit of Marxism, and is also the ultimate goal of socialist and communist development. The theory of Deng Xiaoping also regards people’s development as the goal of its value pursuit, which is of more Chinese characteristics - serving the people. This is not only the inheritance of the Marxism-Leninism, but also the inheritance of the thought of Mao Zedong, which also provides the logical origin for value pursuit of the theoretical system of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Deng Xiaoping Theory of serving the people becomes the bridge which connects Marxism-Leninism, the thought of Mao Zedong and the theoretical system of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and lays a foundation for the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics