江泽民同志在即将进入新世纪之际的一个重要批示中强调指出:“加强和改进新形势下党的思想政治工作,是全党的一件大事,也是宣传思想政治工作的重中之重。”我们感到,进一步增强“生命线”意识,则是贯彻江泽民同志这一重要批示,把加强和改进思想政治工作任务全面落到实处的重要前提。自去年9月份党中央下发[1999]17号文件以来, In an important instruction about to enter the new century, Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized: “Strengthening and improving the party’s ideological and political work under the new situation is a major event for the entire party as well as the most important task in promoting ideological and political work.” We feel that further enhancing the awareness of the “lifeline” is an important prerequisite for implementing Comrade Jiang Zemin’s important instruction and putting the task of strengthening and improving ideological and political work into practice in an all-round way. Since the Party Central Committee issued the document No. [1999] 17 in September last year,