改革开放以来,随着我国人民收入水平的大幅度提高,社会成员的收入差距也在不断拉大,地区间的收入有所拉开,行业收入差距呈扩大趋势。对此,人们议论纷纷,有人认为,目前我国社会已出现了两极分化现象。我们认为,目前我国社会不是两极分化,而是贫富差别,其理由:一是从邓小平同志的论述看当前我国社会不是两极分化;二是社会主义本质中“消除两极分化”的论 Since the reform and opening up, with the substantial increase of the people’s income level in our country, the income disparity of members of the society has been continuously widening, and the income among regions has widened. The income gap in the industry has been expanding. In this regard, people are talking about one after another, some people think that at present the polarization of our society has emerged. In our view, at present our society is not polarized but rich and poor. The reasons are as follows: First, from the discussion of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, we can see that our country is not currently polarized; second, the theory of “eliminating polarization” in the nature of socialism