最近,李瑞环同志指出:邓小平同志关于科学技术的重要性特别是科学技术是第一生产力的思想,内涵是很丰富的,其基本观点,是否可以概括为以下六个方面。第一,社会主义的根本任务是发展生产力。不发展生产力,不提高人民的生活水平,就不符合社会主义的要求,就不可能建成合格的社会主义。而要发展生产力,就必须注重发展科学技术这个第一生产力。第二,中国要赶上世界先进水平,必须从科学和教育入手。我国到下世纪中叶将达到中等发达国家水平,根据之一就是在这段时间里我们有能力把教育搞上去,把科学 Recently, Comrade Li Ruihuan pointed out: Comrade Deng Xiaoping's thinking on the importance of science and technology, especially science and technology as the primary productive force, is very rich in connotation and its basic viewpoint can be summed up in the following six aspects. First, the fundamental task of socialism is to develop productive forces. Without developing productive forces and not raising the living standards of the people, it will not meet the requirements of socialism and it will be impossible to build qualified socialism. To develop the productive forces, we must pay attention to the development of science and technology as the primary productive force. Second, to catch up with the world's advanced level, China must start with science and education. Our country will reach the level of the medium-developed countries by the middle of the next century. One of the reasons for this is that during this period we have the ability to put education to the top,