江泽民同志在十六大的报告中指出,贯彻“三个代表”重要思想,必须把发展作为党执政兴国的第一要务,不断开创现代化建设的新局面。中国共产党要承担起民族复兴的伟大使命,就必须紧紧抓住发展这个执政兴国的第一要务。首先,必须始终坚持以经济建设为中心。共产党执政要解决的所有问题,归根结底要靠经济的发展。离开了发展,党的先进性、发挥社会主义制度的优越性和实现民富国强都无从谈起。不以经济建设为中心,共产党就难以执政,就有丧失执政地位的危险。特别是像我们中国这样在经济文化十分落后的半殖民地半封建社会基础上建立起来 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out in the report of the 16th CPC National Congress that to implement the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ we must regard development as the top priority for the party in governing and rejuvenating the country and constantly create a new situation in its modernization drive. To take up the great mission of national rejuvenation, the Chinese Communist Party must firmly grasp the first priority of developing this country in power and ruling. First of all, we must always adhere to economic construction as the center. All the problems the communist party must solve depend on the economic development in the final analysis. Without development, the party’s advanced nature, the superiority of the socialist system and the realization of the prosperity of the rich and the poor can not be discussed. Without economic construction as the center, the Communist Party will find it hard to govern and will risk losing its ruling status. Especially on the basis of China’s semi-colonial and semi-feudal society with a very backward economy and culture