The Ideological Origin and Construction Process of the People's City Concept of the Communist Party of China

Abstract

The concept of the People's city, an original idea of the Communist Party of China, has a rich ideological origin and development process. Although the classic Marxist writers did not directly put forward the concept of the people's city, they profoundly revealed the alienated phenomenon of capitalist cities wantonly exploiting the proletariat by looking into the tragic living conditions of the lower classes, and sketched a beautiful picture of communist cities. The concept of a people's city is also rooted in the fertile soil of China's fine traditional culture. After the founding of the Communist Party of China, it introduced and absorbed Marxist urban theory and the reasonable core of traditional Chinese people-oriented thought. Based on decades of experience in urban management and construction, it ultimately proposed the concept of a people's city: "The people build the city for the people and the city serves the people." This innovative concept has also become the core development philosophy and value orientation of the Communist Party of China's urban work.