党的十六届四中全会把加强党的执政能力建设放到了“重中之重”的地位,全会明确指出,加强党的执政能力建设是“时代的要求,人民的要求”。全会审议通过的《中共中央关于加强党的执政能力建设的决定》又特别强调,加强党的执政能力建设必须以“保持党同人民群众的血肉联系为核心? The Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee has placed the building of the party’s governing ability at the “top priority”. The plenary session clearly pointed out that strengthening the building of the party’s ability to govern is “the requirements of the times and the people’s demands.” The “CPC Central Committee’s Decision on Strengthening the Building of the Party’s Ability to Govern” reviewed and adopted by the plenary session also stresses in particular that strengthening the building of the party’s ability to govern must be based on "keeping the flesh-and-blood ties between the party and the people as the core?