Abstract: “Good life”is the bright words and important content of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and it is the direct focus of the Party’s “people centered” value orientation. The generation of this discourse has its rich theoretical logic, profound historical logic and distinct practical logic. The philosophical thoughts about the ideal life from the wise men and scholars of the past, Marxist “view of masses of people”, and the Chinese Marxist objective theory for the construction of the Party all have laid a solid ideological foundation for the generation of the discourse of “good life”. The word “good life” has been deposited in the great achievements during the historical process of revolution, construction and reform, and in the historical logic driven by reform and opening up. The word “good life” has been sublimed in the practice logic of the comprehensive building of a well-off society and in the transformation of the main contradictions in the society of the new era. The essence of the discourse of “good life” is the universal right and the pursuit of justice of the broad masses of the people and the Party’s response to this pursuit, at the same time, the universal rights and justice are also the inevitable practical logic for achieving the good life.

Key words: good life; new era; universal rights; pursuit of justice