江泽民总书记提出的中国共产党要始终成为先进社会生产力的发展要求、中国先进文化的前进方向、中国最广大人民的根本利益的忠实代表的重要思想,是对党的性质、宗旨、根本任务的新概括,是对马克思主义建党学说的新发展。“三个代表”集中体现了党的先进性和时代精神。以“三个 General CCP Secretary Jiang Zemin’s CPC must always be the development requirement of advanced social productive forces. The important thinking of the advanced direction of China’s advanced culture and the faithful representation of the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people are new to the party’s nature, purpose and fundamental task. To sum up, this is a new development of the theory of party building in Marxism. The “Three Represents” fully embody the advanced nature of the party and the spirit of the times. With "three