党的十六大提出要“形成全民学习、终身学习的学习型社会,促进人的全面发展”。十六届四中全会又提出了“努力建设学习型政党”的任务。十七届四中全会进一步提出,要把建设马克思主义学习型政党作为党的思想建设的首要任务, The 16th CPC National Congress proposed to “form a learning society that is for all people to learn and lifelong learning, and to promote the all-round development of people.” The Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee also proposed the task of “building a learning-oriented political party”. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee further proposed that building a Marxist learning party should be the primary task of the ideological building of the party.