邓小平形成三代领导集体的思想，是他理论体系中富有独创性的内容之一。他认为：“任何一个领导集体都要有一个核心，没有核心的领导是靠不住的”，同时提出，党的领导集体的形成，必须具备一套比较完整系统的思想理论体系；领导集体的成员必须公道、正派、胸襟开阔。搞五湖四海、团结各方面的人。这是实现社会主义现代化的重要保障。 Deng Xiaoping’s thought of forming the three generations of leading collectives is one of the original and original contents in his theoretical system. In his opinion, “Any one leading group needs to have a core and no core leadership is untenable.” At the same time, it is suggested that the formation of the leading group of the party must have a relatively complete system of ideological and theoretical systems. The members of the leading group must Fair, decent, broad-minded. Engage in all corners of the country, unite all aspects of people. This is an important guarantee for the realization of socialist modernization.