第一,十六大报告鲜明地回答了在新世纪新阶段我们党举什么旗、走什么路、实现什么目标的重大问题。中国共产党肩负着历史的重任和人民的期望,党带领全国各族人民举什么旗、走什么路、实现什么目标,历来是关系党的事业发展的根本问题。十六大是我们党在新世纪召开的第一次代表大会,也是我们党在开始实施社会主义现代化建设第三步战略部署的新形势下召开的一次十分重要的代表大会,国内外都很关注,都想通过这次大会观察中国今后的走向,判断中国共产党今后举什么旗、走什么路、实现什么目标。对此,十六大报告作出了鲜明、有力的回答。报告郑重提出:十六大的主题是,高举邓小平理论伟大旗 First, the report of the 16th CPC National Congress has clearly answered the major issue that our party should hold in the new stage of the new century and what its banner should be taken and what goals should be achieved. The CPC shoulders the heavy responsibility of history and the expectations of the people. What kind of banner the CCP leads the people of all ethnic groups across the country and what its goal is to achieve has always been the fundamental issue concerning the development of the party’s cause. The 16th CPC Congress is the first congress of our party to be held in the new century and is also a very important congress convened by our party under the new situation of the third strategic deployment of socialist modernization, with great concern both at home and abroad Want to observe the future direction of China through this congress and judge what banner the CPC will hold in the future and what will it take to achieve its goal. In response, the report of the 16th CPC National Congress made a clear and forceful reply. The report solemnly put forward: The theme of the 16th CPC National Congress is to hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory