党的十六届三中全会针对当前我国经济社会发展中的突出矛盾和问题,从建立完善的社会主义市场经济体制的战略高度,明确提出了科学发展观,要求在全面建设小康社会的实践中“坚持以人为本,树立全面、协调、可持续的发展观,促进经济社会和人的全面发展”。 Third Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee for the current prominent contradictions and problems in economic and social development, from the strategic height of establishing and improving the socialist market economic system, clearly put forward the scientific concept of development, requires that in building an overall well-off society in practice “Adhere to the people-oriented principle, establish a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development concept, and promote economic, social and people’s all-round development.”