江泽民同志一贯重视并反复强调创新的重要性。２００２年６月２０日，他在西北五省党建工作和西部开发座谈会上讲话中指出：创新是一个民族的灵魂，是一个国家兴旺发达的不竭动力，也是一个政党永葆生机的源泉。最近，他在为全国干部培训教材作的《序言》中指出：“创新，是一 Comrade Jiang Zemin has always attached importance to and repeatedly emphasized the importance of innovation. On June 20, 2002, in his address to the party building work and the western development symposium in the five northwestern provinces, he pointed out: Innovation is the soul of a nation, an inexhaustible motive force for the prosperity of a country, and a source for its political parties to maintain their vitality forever. Recently, in his “Preamble” for the training of teaching materials for all cadres in the country, he pointed out: "Innovation is one