江泽民同志在十六大报告中再次强调指出,贯彻“三个代表”重要思想,必须把发展作为党执政兴国的第一要务,不断开创现代化建设的新局面。这一论断,从保持党的先进性,发挥社会主义制度优越性的高度阐述发展的极端重要性,是邓小平同志“发展是硬道理”思想的新 In the report of the 16th CPC National Congress, Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized once again that implementing the important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ must take development as the top priority for the party in governing and rejuvenating the country and constantly create a new situation in its modernization drive. This assertion expounds the utmost importance of development from the perspective of maintaining the advanced nature of the Party and giving play to the superiority of the socialist system. This is a new idea made by Deng Xiaoping in his thinking on “development is the absolute principle”