一定的历史-社会-文化背景是构建社会主义和谐社会的基点。当前构建社会主义和谐社会面临着自然和社会方面的四大挑战:人口和资源的极端不协调;经济发展水平较低,不平衡的经济社会二元结构突出;社会成员贫富分化的差距过大;法治基础薄弱。作为构建和谐社会领导者的中国共产党,必须适应所处的具体历史环境,迎接由这种环境直接产生的挑战和考验。
Certain historical, social and cultural background is the starting point of building a harmonious society. At present, there are four serious challenges from natural and social aspects facing us in building a harmonious socialist society: the extreme disharmony between the population and the resource; the low level of economic development and the salient dualistic structure of unbalanced economic society; the polarization between the rich and the poor among social members; and the weak foundation of the legal system. As the leader of building a harmonious society, the Chinese Communist Party must adapt itself to the specific historical environment in order to face the challenges and trials that directly result from such environment.