———中共十六大明确提出“党内民主是党的生命”具有重大意义中国共产党第十六次全国代表大会明确提出:“党内民主是党的生命”。这一崭新命题对执政50多年的中国共产党来说,具有十分重大和深远的意义。我们在解读这一新命题时必须清醒地认识到,这既是基于无数历史经验和教训 --- The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made it clear that “inner-party democracy is the life of the party.” It is of great significance that the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made it clear that “inner-party democracy is the life of the party.” This new proposition is of great and far-reaching significance to the Chinese Communist Party in power over 50 years. In reading this new proposition we must clearly understand that this is based not only on countless historical experiences and lessons