江泽民同志在十六大报告中关于要“把发展作为党执政兴国的第一要务”的新论断，既是对我们党执政经验的科学总结，也是对党在新时期根本任务的高度概括；既与邓小平关于社会主义本质的科学论述一脉相承，又增添了新的时代内涵。在领导全党抓好“第一要务”的伟大实践中，江泽 Comrade Jiang Zemin’s new assertion in his report to the 16th National Congress that “we must take development as the most important task for the party in governing and rejuvenating the country” is not only a scientific summary of the party’s governing experience but also a high-level summary of the party’s fundamental task in the new period. Deng Xiaoping’s scientific discourse on the nature of socialism has the same strain and adds a new connotation of the times. In the great practice of leading the entire party to do a good job “the most important task”, Jiang Ze