自从2001年江泽民在庆祝中国共产党成立80周年大会上的讲话提出两个先锋队以来,不断有人提出如何理解党的先进性、阶级性和群众性的问题。从近两年笔者参加的中央党校进修部学员的讨论和部分学者的讨论来看,影响理解这一问题的主要症结在于党的群众性,在于吸收社会各方面优秀分 Since Jiang Zemin put forward two vanguards in his speech at the General Assembly celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 2001, some people have been constantly asking how to understand the issue of the party’s advanced nature, its class nature and its mass character. Judging from the discussion of the scholars of the Party School of the Central Party School and some scholars’ discussions during the past two years, the main crux that affects the understanding of this issue lies in the fact that the party’s mass character is to absorb excellent points in all aspects of society