编者按:2013年1月5日,习近平总书记深刻论述了世界社会主义500年发展的思想和历史进程,科学阐明了马克思主义和中国特色社会主义的理论和实践发展,具有重要的理论指导意义和实践价值。在资本主义与社会主义依然竞争、较量的今天,如何认识人类历史的发展趋势?如何认识社会主义在中国的命运?为了回答这些问题, Editor’s Note: On January 5, 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly expounded on the ideological and historical process of world socialism’s 500-year development and scientifically elucidated the theoretical and practical development of Marxism and socialism with Chinese characteristics, which has an important theoretical guiding significance And practical value. How can we understand the development trend of human history when capitalism and socialism are still competitive and contesting? How to understand the fate of socialism in China? To answer these questions,