当代马克思主义研究所是中共中央编译局的直属研究机构,1988年成立。其前身是1984年成立的马列主义研究室。研究所的主要职能是:(1)承担上级交付的研究任务,组织和协调国内有关学者就重大课题进行攻关研究;(2)接受党政领导机关和重要企业的委托,为它们提供决策咨询;(3)邀请国内 The Institute of Contemporary Marxism is directly under the CPC Central Committee Compilation and Translation Bureau, established in 1988. Its predecessor was established in 1984, Marxism-Leninism laboratory. The main functions of the Institute are as follows: (1) undertaking research tasks delivered by higher authorities, organizing and coordinating domestic relevant scholars to conduct research on major issues; (2) accepting the commission from leading organs and important enterprises of the party and government to provide them with decision-making advice; (3) Inviting domestic