The goal of political development is the aim to be achieved by a country by means of accomplishing political tasks.In the process of modernization political development are often faced with difficult target selection.Whether the goal set is appropriate has a direct impact on the orientation of political development，the political measures to be taken and the success or failure of political development.A nation’s goals should be set in accordance with its own historical background，the changing political conditions and other factors.China’s political development should be made on the basis of its national conditions and characterized by Chinese style.Chinese political development cannot do without the social stability.Social stability is the basic premise for political development，so Chinese political development must be made in a progressive way.In practice，China has combined Marx and Engels’thoughts of political development with its specific conditions and thus made many innovations and improvements.This paper attempts to make an in-depth and systematic research on this progress.

This paper presents Marx and Engels’thoughts on political development in chronological order，clarifies the innate logical connections of their different elements and thus highlights their theoretical and practical values to the development of China’s politics.Therefore，this paper is divided into five parts：Part One is on the understanding and appraising of Western theories about political development，with emphasis on their origin，development，achievements，contributions and limitations and some concepts related，aiming to show the correctness of Marx and Engels by making a comparison between the Western theories andMarx and Engels’thoughts on this problem.Part Two expounds Marx and Engels’thoughts on political development，mainly discussing the expression of economic logic，the diversity，the related system design and the ultimate goal of political development in the eyes of Marx and Engels.Part Three is about the values of Marx and Engels’thoughts on political development to the modern age，mainly expounding that Marx and Engels’thoughts on political development lays the theoretical foundation for China’s understanding of political development，points out the way China should choose，indicates the values and specificity of China’s political development.Part Four analyzes the present status of China’s political development，explicating its main achievements，features，orientation，and the problems to be solved.Part Five presents the theoretical construction and practice of China’s political development，emphasizing the paths，the strategies，the goals，the motivations of the socialistic political development with Chinese characteristics.

Key words：political development；China’s actual conditions；choice making；socialism