在全党开展以实践“三个代表”重要思想为主要内容的保持共产党员先进性教育活动,是党的十六大提出来的。十六大以后,先在全国党政机关、农村、城市基层等五种类型的19个单位进行了试点。在取得成功经验的基础上,党中央决定,从2005年1月开始,用一年半左右的时间,分三批,对全国6 It is the Party’s 16th National Congress that educates the advanced nature of the CPC members to carry out the entire party’s activities of carrying out the important thought of “Three Represents” as its main content. After the 16th CPC National Congress, the pilot projects were conducted in 19 types of units of five types including party and government organs, rural areas and urban grass-roots units in the country. On the basis of its successful experience, the party Central Committee has decided that starting from January 2005, it will take one and a half years or so in three batches,