江泽民同志在党的十六大报告中指出:“贯彻‘三个代表’重要思想,关键在坚持与时俱进,核心在坚持党的先进性,本质在坚持执政为民。”“坚持党的思想路线,解放思想、实事求是、与时俱进,是我们党坚持先进性和增强创造力的决定性因素。与时俱进,就是党的全部理论和工作要体现时代性,把握规律性,富于创造性。能否始终做到这一点,决定着党和国家的前途命运。”“三个代表”重要思想,是我们党必须长期坚持的指导思想,当然也是我军干部工作必须坚持的指导思想。“三个代表”重要思想的核心是先进性。用先进性要 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out in the report of the 16th National Congress of the CPC: "The key to implementing the important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ lies in adhering to keeping pace with the times, maintaining the party’s advanced nature at its core, and sticking to the principle of governing for the people. Adhering to the Party’s ideological line, emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, and advancing with the times are the decisive factors for our party in adhering to the advanced nature and enhancing creativity, and keeping pace with the times means that all the party’s theories and work should embody the times and grasp the regularity Whether or not we can always do this will determine the future and destiny of our party and our country. The important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ is the guiding principle our party must adhere to for a long time and of course it is also the work of our military cadres Must adhere to the guiding ideology. The core of the important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ is advanced nature. To be advanced