Abstract: In any social evaluation period, human factors always have an extremely important position and they act an extraordinarily critical role. Since the reform and opening-up, human shaping has undergone fundamental changes in guiding ideology, goal orientation and their means. In the guiding ideology of human shaping, we should correctly handle the relationship between ideological & political education and material interests from the reality that China will still remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long period. In the direction of human shaping, we should focus on cultivating talents who can be well adapted to China’s modernization. In the way of human shaping, we should return to normal political life, focus on standardized school education, and adopt a shift—a comprehensive culture-oriented approach. Such fundamental changes serve as an integral part of China’s modernization drive since human modernization is the inevitable requirement of social modernization,and it is also the developing trend of social modernization.

Key words: Reform and Opening-up, human shaping, great turning point