江总书记把民主集中制概括为“集体领导、民主集中、个别酝酿、会议决定”的“十六字”方针,为新形势下加强民主集中制建设指明了方向。党委书记必须认真坚持民主集中制原则;努力提高落实“十六字”方针,才能负起党委工作组织者的责任。当前要发挥好四个作用。 General Secretary Jiang summarized the democratic centralism as the “sixteen characters” guideline of “collective leadership, democratic concentration, individual deliberation and decision by the conference”, pointing out the direction for strengthening democratic centralism under the new situation. Party secretary must conscientiously adhere to the principle of democratic centralism; efforts to enhance the implementation of the “sixteen characters” principle, in order to meet the party committee work organizers responsibility. At present, we must play a good four roles.