高校党的基层组织是高校党委开展工作的重要基础。党的十七大提出要进一步扩大党内民主,加强基层党组织的活力,提高基层党组织带领群众和谐发展的能力,这将使高校基层党组织在和谐发展方面拥有更多的权限。研究型大学作为国家知识创新 The Grassroots Party Organizations in Colleges and Universities Are Important Foundations for the Party Committees in Colleges and Universities to Carry out Their Work. The 17th CPC National Congress proposed to further expand inner-party democracy, strengthen the vitality of grass-roots party organizations and enhance the ability of grass-roots party organizations to lead the masses in their harmonious development. This will enable grassroots party organizations in colleges and universities to have more powers in the harmonious development. Research universities as national knowledge innovation