如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程，这是新时期提出的一个普遍受到关注的问题，也是思想政治建设面临的一个重大课题。江泽民同志在近期召开的中央思想政治工作会议上，对这一重大课题作了精辟的阐述，为我们从思想上政治上深入研究社会主义发展的历史进程并取得科学的认识提供 How to understand the historical process of the development of socialism is a commonly-raised issue raised by the new era and is also an important issue for ideological and political construction. At the recent Central Conference on Ideological and Political Work convened by Comrade Jiang Zemin, he made a brilliant exposition on this major issue and provided us with insightful and in-depth study of the historical process of socialist development and the attainment of scientific understanding in ideological and political terms