《新民主主义论》是中国共产党关于中国革命理论的集大成之作,全面回答了关于中国革命的性质、领导权、前途等一系列基本理论问题,深刻阐述了新民主主义政治、经济、文化的基本特征。1938年10月,毛泽东提出的“马克思主义中国化”命题为《新民主主义论》的酝酿和写作创造了良好的条件;抗战进入相持阶段后,国共两党对中国革命话语权的争夺日趋激烈,毛泽东在总结中国革命正反两方面经验的基础上关于新民主主义革命的思想逐渐成熟,因此《新民主主义论》的问世是在特定历史条件下的必然结果。《新民主主义论》将马克思主义基本原理与中国革命具体实际相结合,提出“中国革命分两步走”“中国革命是世界无产阶级社会主义革命的一部分”“新民主主义革命的动力与领导权”等独创性的理论观点,发展了马克思主义无产阶级革命理论。毛泽东在《新民主主义论》中创造性提出了“新民主主义共和国”的设想,在政治方面,将无产阶级领导的各革命阶级联合专政作为新民主主义共和国的“国体”,把民主集中制作为新民主主义共和国的“政体”,继承和发展了马克思主义无产阶级专政理论。在经济方面,重新阐释“节制资本”与“平均地权”的内涵,继承和发展了“利用资本主义积极成果”的思想。在文化方面,揭示了新民主主义经济、政治、文化之间的辩证关系,继承和发展了马克思主义社会有机体理论;强调新民主主义文化必须与工农群众相结合,充分体现“人民群众是社会历史的创造者”的基本观点。《新民主主义论》的修改,促进了新民主主义理论的完善,提升了新民主主义理论内容表达的准确性,使新民主主义革命的话语体系臻于成熟。《新民主主义论》在党内外的传播,统一了全党关于中国革命基本理论问题的认识,使马克思主义中国化的概念得到广泛认同,对中国革命的胜利和新中国的建立也产生了深远影响。总而言之,《新民主主义论》是马克思主义中国化时代化的典范之作,它标志着新民主主义理论的系统化,进一步丰富和发展了毛泽东思想,对于推进马克思主义中国化时代化第一次历史性飞跃具有不可磨灭的历史贡献。
The New Democracy is concluding views of the Communist Party of China on the Chinese revolution, systematically answering a series of basic theoretical questions about the nature, object, purpose, and future of the Chinese revolution, and clearly putting forward the concept of new democratic politics, economy, and culture. In 1938, the proposition of Marxism Sinicization provided a suitable internal environment for Mao Zedong to write the New Democracy. After the anti-Japanese war entered the stalemate stage, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China began to compete for the discourse power of the Chinese revolution. At this time, Mao Zedong‘s ideas on the new democratic revolution gradually matured on the basis of summarizing the experiences of both sides of the Chinese revolution. Therefore, the emergence of the New Democracy was an inevitable result under specific historical conditions. The New Democracy is a theoretical achievement that combines the basic principles of Marxism with the actual Chinese revolution. Based on inheriting the Marxist theory of proletarian revolution, Mao Zedong put forward theories such as the two-step revolution in China, the idea that the Chinese revolution was part of the world socialist revolution of the proletariat, and the driving force and leadership of the new democratic revolution. In addition, Mao Zedong creatively proposed the idea of "a New Democratic Republic" in the New Democracy Theory. In terms of politics, he developed the theory of proletarian-led united front dictatorship as the state system of the New Democratic Republic, and expanded on the theory of proletarian dictatorship during the transitional period. He also localized the theory of democratic centralism as the political system of the New Democratic Republic. In terms of economics, Mao reinterpreted the concepts of "regulation of capital" and "equal land rights", and inherited and developed the idea of using private capitalism to develop socialism. In terms of culture, Mao revealed the dialectical relationship between the new democratic economy, politics, and culture, and inherited and developed the Marxist theory of social organisms. He emphasized that new democratic culture must be combined with the working masses, fully reflecting the basic view that "the people are the creators of social history". The revision of the New Democracy was of great significance for promoting the localization of Marxism in China, improving the theory of New Democracy, and enhancing the accuracy of its expression. It also made the discourse system of the New Democratic Revolution more independent and mature. The dissemination of the New Democracy Theory within and outside the CCP unified the party members‘ understanding of the Chinese Revolution and promoted the widespread acceptance of the concept of Marxist localization in China. At the same time, the New Democracy Theory had a profound impact on the victory of the Chinese Revolution and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. The New Democracy Theory occupies an important theoretical position in the history of Marxist localization in China. .The New Democracy is a model of combining the basic principles of Marxism with the specific realities of the Chinese Revolution, and a theoretical achievement of combining the basic principles of Marxism with Chinese excellent traditional culture. It marks the systematization of the theory of New Democracy and further enriches and develops Mao Zedong Thought. It has an indelible historical contribution to the first historical leap forward in promoting the localization of Marxism in China.