江泽民同志在十六大报告中论述加强和改进党的建设问题时,提出了“党内民主是党的生命”这一深刻命题。这是对党的历史经验的一个很好的总结,为党的建设、特别是处在执政地位的党的建设指明了方向。 把党内民主视为党的生命,是基于对党的性质及其历史使命的深刻把握。我们党从诞生的那一天起,就是工人阶级的先锋队,以求得中国人民的彻底解放作为自己的职志,这是一个目标崇高、没有私利的党,一个追求真理、光明磊落的党,因而能够把民族中的优秀分子集合在 In his report on the 16th CPC National Congress, Comrade Jiang Zemin discussed the issue of strengthening and improving party building and put forward the profound proposition that “inner-party democracy is the life of the party.” This is a good summary of the party’s historical experience and points the way for the building of the party, especially the party that is in power. To regard inner-party democracy as the life of the party is based on the profound grasp of the nature of the party and its historical mission. From the day of its birth, our party is the vanguard of the working class in order to achieve the complete liberation of the Chinese people as our own. This is a party with lofty goals and no self-interest, a party that pursues the truth and is upright and honorable Able to gather the best of the nation