《〈共产党人〉发刊词》一文发表,至今已整整50年了。毛泽东同志在发刊词中所阐述的思想观点,对于现在新时期党的建设仍然有着重大的现实意义。中国共产党是一个拥有4800万党员的马克思主义的执政党,党员遍布各行各业。要建设好这样一个全国范围的、思想上政治上组织上完全巩固的马克思主义政党,正如毛泽东同志在发刊词中所说的那样,是件“伟大的工程”。当前党的建设中最迫切的问题是 It has been 50 years since the article “Published by Communists.” Comrade Mao Tse-tung’s ideas and points of view in the publication of the speech still have great practical significance for the party building in the new period now. The Chinese Communist Party is a Marxist ruling party with 48 million members and members in all walks of life. To build such a nationwide Marxist political party ideologically and politically fully consolidated is, as Comrade Mao Tse-tung said in his opening speech, a “great project.” The most urgent issue in the current party building is