党的十六大是在新世纪初我国进入全面建设小康社会,加快推进社会主义现代化建设新的发展阶段召开的具有重大意义的会议。江泽民同志代表中央向大会所作的报告,高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜,以“三个代表”重要思想为指导,站在时代发展的潮头,实事求是地总结了党的十三届四中全会以来,特别 At the beginning of the new century, the 16th CPC National Congress convenes a conference of great significance in entering a new stage of development in which we are building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and accelerating socialist modernization. Comrade Jiang Zemin, on behalf of the Central Government, has made a report to the General Assembly and holds high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory. Guided by the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ standing at the forefront of the development of the times and concluding with facts since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th CPC Central Committee ,especially