党的十六大指出“三个代表”重要思想是对马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想和邓小平理论的继承和发展,反映了当代世界和中国的发展变化对党和国家工作的新要求,是加强和改进党的建设,推进我国社会主义自我完善和发展的强大理论武器,是全党集体智慧的结晶,是党必须长期坚持的指导思想。 The 16th CPC National Congress pointed out that the important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ is the continuation and development of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory and reflects the new requirements of the contemporary world and China’s development and changes on the work of the Party and the state. Strengthening and improving party building and promoting our country’s socialist self-improvement and development of powerful theoretical weapons are the result of the collective wisdom of the entire party and the guiding ideology that the party must uphold for a long time.