In the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee, China first proposed the strategic policy of building a socialist core value system. After the policy was put forward, many theorists and politicians discussed and studied the identification of socialist core values in many aspects. Specific aspects include the specific role of socialist core values, basic concepts, implementation effects, and future development. The complexity and embarrassment of its theory will bring inconvenience to the indepth understanding of the masses, therefore, this paper has sorted and analyzed the issue of the identification of socialist core values, and made a better narrative of the research and discussion published by talents in various fields, which made people have a better understanding of the socialist core values.