解放生产力、发展生产力是邓小平理论中极其重要的思想。本文阐明了解放生产力和发展生产力在“内涵”、“运作”、“关系”三个方面的不同之处 ,进而论述了什么是解放生产力、发展生产力 ;怎样解放生产力、发展生产力问题。 Emancipating the productive forces and developing productive forces are extremely important ideas in Deng Xiaoping Theory. This paper illustrates the differences between the three aspects of “liberating the productive forces and developing the productive forces” in terms of “connotation”, “operation” and “relationship”, and then discusses what is the liberation of the productive forces and the development of productive forces; how to liberate the productive forces and develop the productive forces.