江泽民始终立足于社会主义初级阶段的国情实际 ,阐明了社会主义初级阶段历史任务的艰巨性、初级阶段社会主义建设的长期性和坚持党的基本路线不动摇的坚定性 ;提出了党在社会主义初级阶段的基本方针 ,开拓了实现第二、三步现代化战略的新途径 ;对初级阶段社会主义经济、政治、文化建设和党的建设提出了具体要求 ,明确阐述了党在社会主义初级阶段的基本纲领和“三个代表”的党建思想 ,为当代中国的跨世纪发展指明了方向 Jiang Zemin has always based himself on the reality of the national conditions in the initial stage of socialism, clarified the arduous task of history in the initial stage of socialism, the long-term nature of socialist construction in the initial stage and unshakable firmness in upholding the party’s basic line; The basic principles of the initial phase have opened up new avenues for realizing the second and the third modernizations. They have set forth specific requirements for the socialist economy, politics, and cultural construction as well as for the party building in the initial stage. They have clearly set forth the specific requirements of the party in the initial stage of socialism The basic program and the thought of party building of the “three represents” have pointed out the direction for the cross-century development of contemporary China