党的十六大提出,党员干部特别是高中级干部要带头学习和实践“三个代表”重要思想,成为勤奋学习、善于思考的模范,解放思想、与进俱进的模范,勇于实践、锐意创新的模范。这“三个模范”,具有鲜明的时代特征,是对当代共产党人提出的新的更高要求。第一,勤奋学习、善于思考的模范 The 16th CPC National Congress proposed that party members and cadres, especially those who are high and mid-level cadres, should take the lead in studying and practicing the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ and become models of diligent study and good thinking, models for emancipating the mind and advancing with progress, being brave in practice and determined Innovative model. This “three models” has distinctive characteristics of the times and is a new and higher requirement on the contemporary communists. First, diligent study, good at thinking model