江泽民同志在庆祝中国共产党成立八十周年大会上指出,马克思主义具有与时俱进的品质,这是对马克思主义基本特征的科学概括。马克思主义之所以能够穿越一个半世纪的风雨历程,在我们这样一个人口最多的大国产生并保持着广泛、深刻、持久的社会影响,呈现出蓬勃旺盛的生机活力,关键在于其与时俱进的理论品质。纵观马克思主义从19世纪40年代产生以来的发展历史,我们不难发现,创新发展、与时俱进是马克思主义的灵魂,而江泽民同志“三个代表”的重要思想则是与时俱进的马克思主义。一、与时俱进是马克思主义理论的品格特征 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out at the General Assembly to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party that Marxism possesses the quality of keeping pace with the times. This is a scientific summary of the basic characteristics of Marxism. The crux of Marxism’s passing through the stormy course of the past century and a half has created and maintained a broad, profound and lasting social impact in a country like us, the most populous nation. It shows that it is vital to its vitality. Theoretical quality. Looking at the history of the development of Marxism since its birth in the 1840s, we can easily find out that innovation and development are advancing with the times as the soul of Marxism while Comrade Jiang Zemin’s important thinking on “three represents” Advancing marxism. First, advancing with the times is the character trait of Marxist theory