江泽民同志在庆祝建党８０周年大会的讲话中指出：“总结八十年的奋斗历程和基本经验，展望新世纪的艰巨任务和光明前途，我们党要继续站在时代前列，带领人民胜利前进，归结起来，就是必须始终代表中国先进生产力的发展要求，代表中国先进文化的前进方向，代表中国最广大人民 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out in his speech at the General Assembly to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the founding of the party that "in summing up the course of struggle and the basic experience of 80 years and looking forward to the arduous task and bright future of the new century, our party must remain at the forefront of the times and lead the people in triumphs They must always represent the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces, represent the advancing direction of China’s advanced culture, and represent the vast majority of the Chinese people