党的十六大提出了把“承认党的纲领和章程、自觉为党的路线和纲领而奋斗、经过长期考验、符合党员条件的其他社会阶层的先进分子吸收到党内来”的任务。努力做好在新的社会阶层中发展党员的工作 ,已经历史地摆在了我们面前。近两年来 ,扬州市委按照“政治上积极引导、思想上着 The 16th CPC National Congress put forward the task of “admitting the party’s program and constitution, and consciously striving for the party’s line and program, after long-term tests and in conformity with the conditions of party members, advanced elements from other social strata.” Efforts to develop the work of party members in the new social strata have been historically before us. In the past two years, Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee has been guided by the principle of “political guidance and ideology.”