以江泽民同志为核心的党的第三代领导集体，把马克思主义普遍原理同中国的改革开放和社会主义建设的实际相结合，继承和发展了马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论，提出了“三个代表”的重要思想，把马克思主义中国化的进程又推进到一个新的高度。在“三个代表”重要思想 The third generation of the party’s leadership with Comrade Jiang Zemin at the core combines the universal principles of Marxism with the actual conditions of China’s reform and opening up as well as the socialist construction and inherits and develops Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory and put forth the concept of “ Three Represents, ”and pushed the process of sinicization of Marxism to a new height. In the “Three Represents” Important Thought