党的十六大报告提出,贯彻“三个代表”重要思想,必须把发展作为党执政兴国的第一要务。“三个代表”重要思想就是以发展这一主题来贯穿的。把发展作为党执政兴国的第一要务,是在邓小平“发展才是硬道理”思想基础上的重大理论创新,是党在思想上、理论上、实践上与时俱进的产物 The report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that to carry out the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ we must regard development as the most important task for the party in governing and rejuvenating the country. The important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ runs through this theme of development. Taking development as the top priority of the party in governing and rejuvenating the country is a significant theoretical innovation based on Deng Xiaoping’s thinking of “development is the last word,” and is the product of the party’s progress in keeping with the times in terms of theory, theory and practice