毛泽东的思想建党理论在民主革命时期曾发挥了巨大的作用,在党执政后,这一理论得到了进一步的发展,但其作用则大大逊于民主革命时期。原因复杂,根本的在于党取得执政地位后面临的形势不同、肩负的任务不同、党员的思想状况不同。这要求党的建设理论在原有的基础上要有突破、创新和超越。邓小平同志的制度建党理论、“三个代表”重要思想的功能建党学说可以说是在毛泽东思想建党理论基础上的突破、创新和超越。 Mao Zedong’s theory of building a party based on ideology played an enormous role in the period of democratic revolution. After the party came into power, the theory was further developed, but its role was far behind that of the democratic revolution. The reason is complicated. The fundamental reason lies in the situation that the party faces after taking the ruling position, the tasks it shoulders, the different ideological conditions of its members. This requires that the party building theory should make breakthroughs, innovations and surpassing on the original basis. Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s theory of system building and the theory of functional building for the important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ can be described as a breakthrough, innovation and transcendence on the basis of Mao Zedong Thought’s theory of party building.