一、构建和谐社会的现实根据党的十六大提出了全面建设小康社会的宏伟目标,为什么十六届四中全会接着又提出构建社会主义和谐社会的战略任务?它的现实根据是什么?有什么现实意义?我们从以下几个方面来回答这个问题。第一、和谐社会是自古以来人类普遍追求的基本的终极价值目标,也是社会主义社会的一个普遍性原则。什么是和谐社会,人们已经作出了各种各样的解释。归结起来,和谐社会是一种理想的社会,美好的社会,是一种良性运行的社会,协调发展的 I. The Reality of Building a Harmonious Society According to the 16th CPC Congress, the grand goal of building an overall well-to-do society is raised. Why did the Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee put forward the strategic task of building a harmonious socialist society? What is its realistic basis? What is the real meaning? We answer the question from the following aspects. First, a harmonious society is the basic ultimate goal of value pursued by mankind since ancient times. It is also a universal principle of socialist society. What is a harmonious society, people have made a variety of explanations. To sum up, a harmonious society is an ideal society, a beautiful society is a benign society, coordinated development