前年党的十六大和今年全国人大十届二次会议,先后在党章和宪法中把“三个代表”重要思想,同马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论一道,相继地确定为党和国家必须长期坚持的指导思想,实现了指导思想的与时俱进。现在,我们全党和全国人民在同邓小平同志永别七年后,迎来了他的百年诞辰纪念。这时,我们重温邓小平理论,进一步深化对邓小平理论的历史地位的认识,这对于 The 16th National Congress of the CPC held the previous year and the second session of the 10th NPC this year successively established the important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ in the party constitution and the constitution as one of the must-haves for the party and the state through its work with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory Long-term adherence to the guiding ideology, to achieve guiding ideology with the times. Now, after seven years of farewell to Comrade Deng Xiaoping, our entire party and people across the country usher in the centenary of his centenary. At this moment, we review the theory of Deng Xiaoping and further deepen our understanding of the historical status of Deng Xiaoping Theory.