党的十七大报告中明确指出:“科学发展观,是对党的三代中央领导集体关于发展的重要思想的继承和发展,是马克思主义关于发展的世界观和方法论的集中体现,是同马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、‘三个代表’重要思想既一脉相承又与时俱进的科学理论。”报告在论述中国特色社会主义时,把它同科学发展观紧密地联系在一起。这表明, The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly pointed out: “The scientific concept of development is the continuation and development of the important thinking on development of the third generation of central leading collectives of the Party and is the concentrated embodiment of Marxist world outlook and methodology on development, Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the scientific concept of ”keeping pace with the times“ that bring about the continuance of the important thinking of the ’Three Represents.’ ”The report closely links it with the scientific concept of development when it expounds socialism with Chinese characteristics. This indicates,