十六大报告指出：包括知识分子在内的工人阶级，广大农民，始终是推动我国先进生产力发展的社会全面进步的根本力量。在社会变革中出现的民受聘于外资企业的管理技术人员、个体私营企业主、中介组织的从业人员、自由职业人员等社会阶层，都是中围绕实现党的中心任务，团结一切 The report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: The working class and the vast majority of peasants, including intellectuals, have always been the fundamental force for all-round social progress in promoting the development of our advanced productive forces. The people in the social transformation who are employed by foreign-funded enterprises, such as management and technical personnel, individual and private entrepreneurs, employees of intermediary organizations, and freelance workers, all concentrate on the central task of the party and unite with all