江总书记提出的“三个代表”的重要思想 ,深刻总结了我们党近 80年的历史经验 ,从根本上回答了面向新世纪应该建设一个什么样的党 ,怎样建设党的问题。这是对党的性质、历史任务、根本宗旨的新概括 ,是对马克思主义建党学说的新发展。坚持“三个代表” ,是我们的立党之本、执政 General Secretary Jiang’s important thinking on “three represents” profoundly summarized our party’s nearly 80-year historical experience and fundamentally answered the question of what kind of party should be built and how to build the party in the new century. This is a new generalization of the party’s nature, historical tasks, and fundamental purposes and is a new development of the theory of party building in Marxism. To uphold the “three represents” is our foundation for running for power and governing