Abstract: Man's quality is formed his torically and keeps changing constantly. It has different appearances under different historical conditions.The founding of socialist market economic system has improved man’s quality to a higher degree, but not to the level of perfection. Therefore, it is necessary to overcome the negative influence of socialist market economy on man and to perfect man's essence. Only in this way can man be made free, and all-round developed under the socialist market economy.

Key words: the essence of man, market economy, appearance, perfect