转变政府职能，改进机关作风，提高行政效能，是当前各级政府一项极为紧迫的任务之一。本文结合常州改革的实践，论述如何运用“三个代表”重要思想，推进政府自身建设与改革，促进国民经济和社会事业的快速健康发展。一、正确把握“三个代表”重要思想与政府自身改革的关系在 To change the functions of the government, improve the working style of the government and improve administrative efficiency is one of the extremely urgent tasks of all levels of government at present. This paper, combined with the practice of Changzhou reform, discusses how to use the important thought of “Three Represents” to promote the government’s own construction and reform so as to promote the rapid and healthy development of the national economy and social undertakings. I. Correctly grasp the relationship between the important thinking of the “Three Represents” and the government’s own reform