共同富裕是社会主义的根本原则戚一广社会主义的本质，是建设有中国特色社会主义理论的重要组成部分，也可以说，它是这一理论的核心。社会主义的本质是什么呢？邓小平同志指出：“社会主义的本质，是解放生产力，发展生产力，消灭剥削，消除两极分化，最终达到共同富裕。... Common prosperity is the essence of socialism with socialism as the fundamental principle of socialism, an important component of the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, or it can be said that it is the core of this theory. What is the essence of socialism? Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "The essence of socialism is to liberate the productive forces, develop productive forces, eliminate exploitation, eliminate polarization and eventually achieve common prosperity.