Abstract: According to the report of The Nineteenth CPC National Congress，social principal contradictions of our country has
converted into the contradiction between the people's ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development.
Based on Maslow's "hierarchy of needs theory", the present paper discusses the feasibility, necessity, popularity of "the needs for a
better life" from the perspective of the society to the individuals, and proposes a constructive path from three dimensions, namely, to
clarify the ultimate value guiding role of a better life, to build a scientific and appropriate better-life system, and to deeply cultivate
individuals' self-realization values with "needs for a better life" as the core.

Key words: Maslow, Hierarchy of Needs Theory, needs for a better life