１９９８年１０月２２日，江泽民同志在得知中央党史研究室将要在上海召开全国党史系统纪念党的十一届三中全会学术讨论会暨党史研究室主任会议时，特地为中央党史研究室写了亲笔信，对党史工作作了重要指示。他写道：“我在十五届二中全会上讲过，学习理论要同了解历史实践， On October 22, 1998, Comrade Jiang Zemin learned that when the Central Party History Research Office is about to convene the National Party History System in Shanghai to commemorate the Third Plenary Session of the Third Plenary Session of the Party and the Director of the Party History Research Laboratory, The history laboratory wrote a personal letter and made an important instruction on the work of the party history. He wrote: "I said during the Second Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee that learning theory needs to understand historical practices,