先进生产力是在一定时间、一定地域内 ,相对其他生产力而言 ,处于前沿、领先地位 ,性质上体现生产力发展方向、最有前途 ,水平上表现为力量最强、效率最高的生产力。跨入 2 1世纪的当代先进生产力的主要特征是 :高度社会化并趋向全球化 ;高度知识化并趋向信息化 ;高度自觉化并趋向计划化。这样的生产力的发展对生产力本身以及生产关系、上层建筑各方面提出了许多客观要求 Advanced productive forces are at a certain time and in certain geographical areas relative to other productive forces, they are at the forefront and leading position in nature and represent the direction of the development of productive forces. They are the most promising and the most productive one with the highest efficiency. The main features of the advanced productive forces that have entered the 21st century are: they are highly socialized and tend to be globalized; highly educated and tend to be informatized; highly self-conscious and tend to be planned. This development of productive forces has put forward many objective demands on the productive forces themselves as well as on the relations of production and the superstructure