江泽民同志“三个代表”的重要思想既坚持了马克思主义政党的先进性，又为深化对党的阶级基础的理解提供了指导。共产党的阶级基础只能是工人阶级。共产党决不能成为“全民党”。工人阶级是一个历史范畴。在知识经济时代，新的科学技术的应用改变了过去的大工业劳动方式，由于高新 Comrade Jiang Zemin’s important thinking of “three represents” not only upholds the advanced nature of Marxist political parties, but also provides guidance for deepening the understanding of the party’s class foundation. The class basis of the Communist Party can only be the working class. The Communist Party must never become a “national party.” The working class is a historical category. In the era of knowledge economy, the application of new science and technology changed the past large-scale industrial labor,